ASSISTÊNCIA DE ENFERMAGEM NA PRIMEIRA HORA DE VIDA: REVISÃO DE LITERATURA.

The objective was to describe nursing care in the first hour of life of the newborn (NB). The method of choice was the integrative literature review carried out in the Regional Virtual Health Library (VHL) and Google Scholar, using the Health Sciences Descriptors (DECs): Newborn, Postnatal Care and the Boolean operator AND. In the VHL, 5,446 publications were evaluated by availability and publication in the last 5 years, resulting in 856 analyzed by title and abstract, resulting in 38 publications read in full and the selection of 1 for theoretical synthesis. Google Scholar found 10,400 publications filtered by publication in the last 5 years, resulting in 3,620 analyzed by title and theme, with 22 publications read in full and 6 selected. The results show that nursing care in the first hour of a newborn's life is essential to ensure a smoother adaptation to extrauterine life and, among the results of this practice, the reduction of neonatal mortality, the prevention of complications and the promotion of the bond between mother and child stand out. It is concluded that it is of utmost importance for health institutions to offer training and qualification to nursing professionals to qualify care in this critical period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]