title: [In vaginal and cesarean deliveries, a companion is not allowed in the room: discourses of nurses and technical directors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the reasons why health institutions from the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil prevent the presence of a companion in vaginal and caesarean delivery, from the perspective of nurses and technical directors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Exploratory-descriptive, qualitative research. A total of 12 nurses and five technical directors were interviewed from September/2011 to February/2012. The reports were analyzed according to the Collective Subject Discourse.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the central ideas of restrictions to the companion we may cite: the operating room is not the place for a companion; in the delivery room companions are not allowed to come in; the companion does not have emotional and psychological preparation; lack of participation in prenatal care hinders the entrance of the companion; if the companion does not ask, he does not come in, but if he requires, he may come in.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The companion impediment is guided by pre-conceived ideas that can negatively interfere in the organization of the birth process.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Odaléa Maria
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Brüggemann
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Romana Raquel
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Ebele
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Erika Simas
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Ebsen
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bruna Daniela
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Batista
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003696:Delivery Rooms; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009773:Obstetric Nursing