Parto distócico podálico asociado a la teoría enfermera déficit de autocuidado enfocado en el proceso de atención de enfermería.

Abstract

Introduction: Dystocic births are understood as births that involve an anomaly during this process; although their rates are minimal compared to euthocic births, these obstetric complications are often preventable through prenatal check-ups and health promotion or can be treated through interventions such as planned caesarean section to avoid putting the mother-child binomial at risk. In Ecuador, there are approximately 300,000 births annually, of which 15% of pregnant women present a life-threatening complication such as dystocia. Although the health team's strategies to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality have increased, in marginal rural communities the habits and customs rooted in ancestral medicine still prevail, rejecting conventional medicine. These interventions promote a deficit of self-care on the part of pregnant women, because when they are attended by midwives or midwives, they avoid going to their local health centre, increasing the risks of morbidity and mortality. This work seeks to promote the theory of nursing "self-care deficit" to promote adequate intervention of both the health professional and the patient, its author Dorothea Orem comprises three sub-theories, theory of self-care, theory of self-care deficit and the theory of the nursing system.