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Objective: To understand the complexity of high-risk care for pregnant women in the health care network., Method: Qualitative study with theoretical framework of Edgar Morin's Complex Thought and Grounded Theory methodology, Strauss's version. Data collection by theoretical sampling, including twelve health professionals and seven women users of the care network in a municipality in the south of Brazil from July to October 2018. Analysis by open and axial coding and selective integration., Results: The phenomenon "Caring for high-risk pregnant women in the health care network", comprises four categories: Noticing autonomous decision making; Promoting care; Developing multiprofessional work; and Accessing the health care network., Conclusion: Every high-risk pregnant woman should be seen as a singular and multidimensional being with comprehensive and continuous care, considering the complexity of local, regional, and global reality.

Objective: To trigger a reflection on the current working conditions of Nursing professionals in coping with the Covid-19 pandemic., Method: A theoretical-reflective study supported by studies from the Marxist perspective, national and international scientific articles, and official documents from the World Health Organization and the Federal Nursing Council., Results: The daily work of Nursing professionals in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic presents unfavorable working conditions in Brazil and worldwide, with emphasis on the deficit of professionals, overload of activities, low pay, and personal protective equipment, often insufficient and inadequate, conditions that can lead to exhaustion, illness and death., Conclusion: This study can contribute to raising discussions about the need for improvements in the working conditions of Nursing professionals, especially in pandemic times and the impact on the health of these professionals.

Objectives: to describe the use of affinity chromatographies and laboratory serologies in the evaluation of immunodiagnoses during prenatal., Methods: quantitative study, characterized as a descriptive observational research. Data was collected from the records of 46 pregnant women who were in prenatal follow up in the Primary Health Care in a capital in the South of Brazil. The data found was codified and analyzed using descriptive statistics., Results: a mean of 43.1 days was found to take place between the request of laboratory serology and the evaluation by a professional. It was also found that 21.7% of pregnant women did not collect the serologies requested during the first prenatal consultation, and that the affinity chromatographies were only applied in 10.8% of the participants., Conclusions: in spite of the studies for the improvement of prenatal consultations, for the provision of new technologies and for the permanent education offered to the professionals, there are still questions that make the actual implementation of affinity chromatographies more difficult.

Objective: To understand the perceptions of pregnant women about the care received during prenatal care, in the field of primary health care., Method: Qualitative study, based on Grounded Theory. Data collection was performed from August to December 2016, through a semi-structured interview with 12 pregnant women who received prenatal care in the city of Florianópolis/SC/Brazil. Data collection and analysis were performed concomitantly. Data analysis was performed using open and axial coding., Results: Three categories were elaborated: Care before and during gestation, Participation in groups of pregnant women, and Quality care during pregnancy., Conclusion: The perceptions of the pregnant women about the care received during the prenatal care is related to the care given, humanized reception, consideration of the pregnant woman's subjectivity and support in the difficult moments that make this period satisfactory.