title: [Perceptions about the hospital environment from the perspective of high-risk puerperal women based on Florence Nightingale's theory].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to understand the perceptions of high-risk puerperal women about the hospital environment based on Florence Nightingale's theory. High-risk postpartum period is the period of time when post-partum women care for their babies in the neonatal ICU, and experience high stress levels.
  
  
  METHODS
  it is a qualitative study with narrative approach based on Florence Nightingale's theory, conducted at a public institution in southern Brazil, from January to March 2010. Seven mothers over 18 years with newborns admitted to the neonatal ICU were the research subjects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the contextualization of their narratives, the caring environment in which they experienced this particular stage in their lives, indicates that high-risk puerperal women seek ties and support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the challenge of spending an indefinite period of time in a strange environment, away from home, with their babies under the care of health professionals, while apart from their relatives, highlights the need for nursing care during this stage.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Ariane Thaise Frello
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Roque
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Telma Elisa
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Carraro
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009742:Nursing Theory; D049590:Postpartum Period; D012307:Risk Factors