MOTHERS´ PERSPECTIVE ON THE CARE OF NEWLY-BORN CHILDREN AFTER DISCHARGE FROM NEONATAL ICU

• Autor(a) principal: Estevam, Daiane Cristina Moderno
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Silva, Juliana Dalcin Donini e
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/4161
• topic: Discharge from Hospital; Nursing Assistance; Humanized Birth; Neonatal Intensive Therapy Unit.; Discharge from Hospital; Nursing Assistance; Humanized Birth; Neonatal Intensive Therapy Unit.; Alta Hospitalar; Assistência de Enfermagem; Humanização; Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal; Alta Hospitalar; Assistência de Enfermagem; Humanização; Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal

The number of current hospitalizations of newly-born infants in Neonatal Intensive Therapy Units (NITU) is currently high. When the children are discharged from NITU, the mothers experience positive and negative feelings related to the responsibility of taking care of their children still under treatment and preparing themselves for total hospital discharge. Current analysis investigates the perspective of mothers with regard to the care of the newly-born during this period in the Pediatric Unit (PU) after discharge from NITU. The descriptive, quality and exploratory research comprised interviews with five over eighteen-year-old mothers with less than one-year-old children, who had their children hospitalized immediately after birth in NITU, coupled to a later stay at the Pediatric Unit. Interviews revealed three categories: experience of the first instances with the child after discharge from NITU; the mother´s perception with regard to care provided by the nursing team in the PU; experiencing the moment of returning home. Mothers revealed feelings of anxiety, fear, impotence, relief, happiness and satisfaction in the wake of care given. The administration in nursing to give guidance and capacity to mothers for child care after discharge from the PU is highly relevant. Nursing professionals should be capacitated to contribute towards the humanization of nursing assistance.