Abstract
Objective: To analyze induction of labor in post-datism; this study was carried out in the delivery room and hospitalization wards of a reference maternity ward in the state of Piauí. Methods: Exploratory, quantitative descriptive research. Data were collected using the form and Stata® software, v.12 (Statacorp, College Station, Texas, USA) was used to organize and analyze the data using the association between variables by Pearson's chi-square test (x²) or Fisher's exact test when appropriate. Results: We obtained 56 cases, concluding the profile of women being single, with low education and income, of domestic occupation. Regarding the parity of the patients, the study revealed that most of them were primiparous, nulliparous and underwent cesarean delivery, with a significant association between the variables regarding the type of delivery. They showed cesarean delivery in induction with misoprostol due to the frequency of induction failure and may consider that the variables posterior neck position and primiparity were statistically significant. Conclusion: It was observed the need for a protocol to be followed by all the team involved in the induction process, because the result showed that most of them had flaws, a fact that may be related to the disadvantage of the neck in the posterior position.