Abstract
Objective: To outline the profile of the assistance provided by obstetric nurses for childbirth and birth in a Normal Childbirth Center (CPN). Methods: Documentary, retrospective, transversal and quantitative study, carried out at the CPN of a philanthropic institution, in Recife. Recife. The data of 424 parturients and their newborns, recorded in spreadsheets and books, from August 2018 to August 2019 were analyzed in the SPSS 20.0 Program. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Results: The parturients (74.05%) were between 25 and 35 years old and were secondary or multiparous (53.06%). They had a companion (98.34%), assistance with access to a partogram (57.02%), use of breathing exercises, warm bath and massage, and vertical births (91.74%). There was no perineal laceration in 21.69%; in those who presented, 1st grade (52.83%) predominated. No parturient was submitted to an episiotomy, and more than 80.0% did not receive obstetric interventions. The newborns had late cord clamping (89.37%), skin-to-skin contact (96.22%), respect to the golden hour (89.07%) and Apgar score between 7 and 10 in the 1st minute (95.51 %) and 5th minute (99.52%). Conclusion: This CPN presents as a profile assistance based on current scientific evidence, achieving favorable obstetric and neonatal results.