NURSING CARE IN PREVENTING OBSTETRIC VIOLENCE

In Brazil, as in other Latin American countries, the term "Obstetric Violence" (OV) is used to describe the various forms of violence that occur during pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum care and abortion. This research aims to highlight the importance of nursing care in preventing obstetric violence. This is an integrative bibliographic review, carried out based on searches in the databases SCIELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Science), and BNDENF (Nursing Database . 18 suitable texts were used for this review. It was possible to highlight the relevance of training nursing professionals on this topic, aiming to offer harmonious and humanized assistance to women in this delicate moment that is pregnancy and its phases, considering that the nurse is the professional present in all these phases, from the beginning of pregnancy.