The postpartum care consists of a special moment that should be conducted by nurses in order to monitor the puerperal woman and her family, providing educational grants and assistance to ensure support because of the difficulties inherent to the phase they are.
It was shown in this study a restricted number of puerperal care as well as actions taken by nurses in the consultations. These results enable us to identify that the postpartum consultation is not an action which is still well established in the municipality.
It is very important that nurses occupy their performance space in puerperal consultations, seeking to establish an effective interaction with the woman in front of a new series of events she encounters in daily postpartum.