Introduction:

preterm delivery is the main obstetric problem today. One of the most important challenges in neonatology is the comprehensive management of the very low birth weight newborn.

Objective:

to evaluate nursing care by applying the Nursing Care Process in newborns under 1500 g.

Methods:

a descriptive, retrospective and observational study of 53 neonates under 1500 g, absolute numbers and percentages, the association between variables and statistical significance were used to describe the sample using the Ji-square statistic.

Results:

morbidity was more frequent in the group less than 30 weeks 23 (43.4%), this group having the longest survival, 20 (37.7%) alive, and the highest mortality, 3 (5.7%); Newborns weighing between 1250 g -1499 g 25 (42.2%) and staying between 15-28 days 25 (47.2%) also contributed the highest survival rate. Respiratory complications 3 (58.5%) and the highest mortality 2 (3.8%) occurred in patients with mechanical ventilation time greater than 72 hours with 2 (3.8%); expectations were met in 48 (90.6%) and actions were evaluated as good in 47 (80.7%).

Conclusions:

survival was significantly related to the actions defined in the nursing care process (p = 0.003).

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