Humanization of birth: perception of nursing academics as for the assistance

Objective: Identify the perception of nursing students during normal delivery care. The study presented an exploratory methodology, qualitative in nature. The work was conducted at Estácio– Ceará University Center, in the city of Fortaleza located in state Ceará. The study population was nursing students. Results: Categories were elaborated from questions analyzed of an instrument for data collection. It was performed a detailed and exhaustive reading of the interview, allowing the participants to understand the subject of the research. Close to 42 of the nursing students were involved in this research, all of them were attending the tenth semester of their Nursing course, the main precondition it was directly to those who had any contact during graduation with the assistance in practices in laboring. Final considerations: Humanized childbirth goes far beyond techniques and theories, it is a procedure that needs the willingness and commitment of the nursing professional community, it also needs particular approaches, which each woman is treated according to her beliefs, wishes and rights.