Permanent health education on care for preterm newborns

The study reports the experience of developing a permanent education activity on care for preterm newborns (PTNB) to health professionals in the hospital context. Descriptive study with a qualitative approach, such as an experience report about a permanent education activity developed by multiprofessional residents of Child and Adolescent Health Care and carried out with multiprofessional teams from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Intermediate Care Unit (UCI) neonates of a reference maternity hospital in the state of Paraíba. The steps followed: initial planning, scientific study, authorization to carry out the action, preparation of the educational content, practical development of the action and evaluation of the activity. Seventeen health professionals participated in the activity, including nurses, nursing technicians, physiotherapists and speech therapists working in neonatal ICUs and ICUs. It was perceived the professionals' fragility about the knowledge of the discomfort that PTNBs may experience, the harmful consequences and preventive actions of daily practice. The experience brought the residency program closer to the health institution, enabled rich discussions, exchange of knowledge and production of knowledge, with a view to humanization and health promotion.