It was identified that the psychic workload in the nurses' work process in the studied context is related to the perpetuation of dehumanized practices and to the challenge of maintaining humanized practices.

Objective: to know the situations found in the work of nurses working in maternity hospitals and obstetric centers that can lead to moral suffering. Method: qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, developed with 14 nurses working in bstetric centers and maternities of two hospitals in southern Brazil. Data were collected from October 2015 to January 2016, through a semi-structured interview, analyzed based on Content Analysis. Results: there was an occurrence of moral distress related to the activities that supplanted nurses’ execution capacity, leading them to prioritize administrative and managerial activities, for which they are charged by the institutions, failing to participate directly in the care, an aspect enhanced by the quantitative nursing professionals. Asymmetric relations of power and conflicting interactions compose an atmosphere of toleration for the autonomy of the nurses, preventing them from acting in harmony with their knowledge and moral values. The fruitless attempts to change the dehumanizing context through advocacy and the visualization of disrespectful, interventionist and violent behaviors against women, generate moral suffering. Conclusion: the plurality of nurse actions, reduced autonomy, disrespect for their practice and the visualization of dehumanizing behaviors generate moral suffering. It is important to seek alternatives so that nurses may act and advocate in line with their moral knowledge and values, in an autonomous and empowered way, aiming to provide a dignified and safe childbirth assistance, and an environment that respects the woman and her autonomy.

The purpose of the study was to learn about the perception of Family Health Team professionals from the Violence Prevention Program regarding primary interventions to prevent domestic violence. The study was linked to the research "Primary and secondary intervention in domestic violence from the perspective of primary healthcare professionals". The approach of this research was qualitative and exploratory. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews. The participants were four nurses and four physicians. Three categories emerged in the analysis of the theme: knowledge of primary interventions to prevent violence; execution of primary intervention actions to prevent violence - ease and difficulties; and acknowledgement of the importance of primary interventions and the care provided. The professionals were previously aware of the main primary interventions, and some were already taking place in the multidisciplinary work.

Objective: To identify transformations arising from teen pregnancy from the perspective of young women.Methods: Study of qualitative and descriptive approach with 34 young women of low socio-economic strata that gave birth in the year 2010 as teenagers. The data have been collected through semistructured interviews with questions about life before and after maternity, explored through content analysis. Results:The life of the teenagers before pregnancy is heterogeneous in social, work and schooling aspects. After maternity, the freedom of being is re-confi gured, bringing losses related to the abandonment of studies, to the reduction in social life and to the stigma of teenage maternity; the gains from resignifi cation of lifestyle, the abandonment of illegal and criminal conduct, increased selfconfi dence the reduction of exposure to violence inside the family, accompanied by new responsibilities, from the reconciliation of study and work or the abandonment of one of these activities. Conclusion:Maternity generates a feeling of satisfaction brought about by the experience of being a mother, with a new social identity.

Objetivo: conhecer a inter-relação entre a implementação de práticas assistenciais, propostasno Programa de Humanização do Pré-Natal e Nascimento, e as cargas de trabalho presentesno processo de trabalho de enfermeiros em Centros Obstétricos e Maternidades. Método: qualitativoe descritivo, desenvolvido com 14 enfermeiros em dois Centros Obstétricos e Maternidades dedois hospitais do sul do Brasil. Dados coletados de outubro de 2015 a janeiro de 2016, através deentrevista semiestruturada, explorados com base na Análise de Conteúdo. Resultados: emergiramduas categorias: ‘A atenuação das cargas de trabalho’, na qual se destacam as cargas de trabalhobiológicas e psíquicas, e ‘A potencialização das cargas de trabalho’, sendo elencadas as cargas detrabalho biológicas, mecânicas e psíquicas. Conclusão: a forma e o contexto como se processamas cargas de trabalho levam-nas a ser atenuadas ou potencializadas na implementação de práticaspropostas no Programa de Humanização do Pré-Natal e Nascimento.