Obstetric nurse and the factors that influence care in the delivery process.

Objective: To identify the factors that influence the improvement of obstetric nurse care in the delivery process.

Methods: Descriptive exploratory study with a qualitative approach conducted at a teaching maternity hospital located in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil with 20 obstetric nurses from the Obstetric Center. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews between June and September 2017 and was then subjected to the Thematic-Categorical Content Analysis proposed by Franco.