title: Bond between nurses and mothers of children younger than two years: perception of nurses.
abstract: To promote child health during nursing consultations, it is essential that nurses establish bonds with mothers to guide them in childcare. The present study attempted to identify a possible bond during nursing consultations between the nurses who work in the Family Health Strategy and the mothers of children who are younger than two years old. This qualitative study was conducted in seven Family Health Units in the city of João Pessoa, in the state of Paraíba (PB), Brazil, between May and November 2013, through semi-structured interviews with nurses. The thematic analysis allowed the identification of relevant themes, namely, (1) the elements that create bonds and (2) the difficulties in the establishment of a bond. The nurses realize that in primary care, relationships are based on intersubjectivity. By acting within the concept of individual care, the nurses provide individualized and humanized care and believe that bonds are essential for comprehensive care. However, the nurses have difficulties in establishing bonds, and they attribute these difficulties to the high demand for care and the difficulty in giving continuity to the mothers' presence in the health care unit.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Campus Universitário I. 58059-900 João Pessoa PB Brasil. altareichert@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Altamira Pereira da Silva
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Reichert
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Campus Universitário I. 58059-900 João Pessoa PB Brasil. altareichert@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Polianna Formiga
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Campus Universitário I. 58059-900 João Pessoa PB Brasil. altareichert@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tarciane Marinho
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Campus Universitário I. 58059-900 João Pessoa PB Brasil. altareichert@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Neusa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Collet
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Estudos de Violência e Saúde Jorge Careli (Claves). ENSP/Fiocruz. Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Cecília de Souza
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Minayo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009729:Nursing; D009769:Object Attachment; D011368:Professional-Family Relations