Article linked to the research: Preparación para el cuidado en el hogar de niños prematuros: Experiencia de los cuidadores y del personal de salud. Conflicts of interest: none.Receipt date: September 13, 2016. Original articlePreparing for post-discharge care of premature infants: Experiences of parents Objective. The study sought to describe the experiences of parents of premature children regarding discharge from the neonatal unit. Methodology. This was a qualitative study, in which 10 semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents of premature infants upon discharge from the neonatal unit. Data were analyzed following principles of grounded theory; open and axial coding was performed. Results. The following categories emerged from the analysis of the information: feelings experienced upon discharge, and experience of the discharge as a process; the latter category clearly identified barriers and facilitators. The results highlight that the parents experience ambivalent feelings; joy is mixed with the fear of caring for a premature child at home. Conclusion. For parents, discharge of premature children from the neonatal unit is a complex process during which conflicting feelings are experienced. Nursing must develop strategies to involve parents early in the care of their children during the hospital stay. Descriptors

Objective. To describe the experiences of parents of hospitalized preterm children regarding the restrictions implemented in the neonatal intensive care unit -NICU- during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. Qualitative study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between April and October 2020 with 12 parents of preterm children, whose children were hospitalized and discharged from NICU during the pandemic. The analysis was performed with tools from grounded theory through open and axial coding. Results. The study identified four categories regarding the experience: 1) needing information: refers to the need for clear and close information to compensate for the physical distance; 2) limiting the interaction with the children: expressed as a painful situation, which minimizes opportunities for learning to care at home for their preterm child; 3) the pandemic: adding to the fears: in which the virus appears as a new threat for the children, who are vulnerable given their premature condition; and 4) limiting social support after discharge: identifies that the parents had less family and professional support for care after discharge during times of pandemic. Conclusion. Parents of preterm children lived a difficult experience that became complex within the context of the pandemic. The experiences of parents of preterm children during times of COVID-19 indicate that restrictions to enter neonatal units to prevent the virus transmission limited the interaction with the preterm child and with the health staff and increased the needs for information.

We sampled the snake fauna in 13 landscapes along 80 km of highway and in the adjacent vegetation cover in the Colombian Llanos. We registered 119 snakes belonging to 33 species. Traffic levels significantly influenced rates of snake road kill, while adjacent vegetation cover, rainfall seasonality, and landscape structure and composition did not. We classified the species into seven ecological groups based upon foraging strategy, body length, and habitat preferences. Although most of the roadkilled species had an active foraging strategy, all of the ecological groups contained some species that were killed on the highway, as well as some species that inhabited adjacent vegetation cover but that were not detected on the highway. The different ecological groups were not associated with different landscape characteristics. Six of the 13 landscapes that presented the lowest species richness of road-killed species had a different ecological group represented by each of the species documented as road kills. Thus, considering the ecological group that a species belongs to provides a complementary analytical approach that permits a fuller understanding of the ecological effects of roads on the functional role of the species in the ecosystem. We recommend focusing mitigation measures on highway sectors with the greater vehicular flow, employing both preventive measures such as posting driver advisories and installing speed radars and conducting environmental education programs to raise awareness of local drivers.

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Parents perceive as positive the nursing care their children receive in the neonatal unit. However, in the analysis by dimensions, it is possible to establish the need to strengthen aspects, like interpersonal relations and communication processes, which are part of the dimensions: Explains and facilitates and Anticipates. The findings permit guiding specific actions to improve quality in neonatal care.

Objetivo: Describir la relación entre el personal de enfermería y las gestantes durante el trabajo de parto, desde la perspectiva de las pacientes. Métodos: Estudio descriptivo, transversal, correlacional, se realizó  un muestreo a conveniencia incluyendo el 95,4 %  de la población de estudio.  Se aplicó un cuestionario ad hoc, diseñado a la luz de las fases de la comunicación interpersonal descritas por Hildegard Peplau, el cual fue sometido a una prueba piloto y concepto de cinco expertos. Se aplicaron pruebas chi-cuadrado y se construyó  un modelo de regresión  logística Resultados.  Participaron 540 mujeres con edad promedio de 25,6 años (DE 6,0). El 91,9 % valoran como positiva su relación con la enfermera, 8,1 % como negativa. Se encontró que, a mayor edad de la gestante, mejor comunicación con el personal de enfermería (X2 = 15,9 p= 0,003) y que las madres con parto previo tuvieron una mejor experiencia frente al cuidado (X2 = 4,28 p= 0,038). La regresión logística mostró (90% de confianza), que una relación positiva con el personal de enfermería en el parto está relacionada con: la edad (OR=0,9, IC = 0,867 – 0,989), aclarar las dudas frente al parto (OR=18,0, IC = 6,641 – 48,938), evitar el frio (OR=6,1, IC =2,347 – 16,3) y la ayuda para tranquilizarse (OR=4,1, IC = 1,45 – 11,714). Conclusión: Durante el cuidado de la gestante en trabajo de parto, es importante aclarar las dudas, brindar medidas de confort y generar estrategias para tranquilizarse, para establecer una relación interpersonal positiva en la experiencia del trabajo de parto.

Introducción: El nacimiento, la hospitalización, la transición al hogar y el cuidado de un hijo prematuro son eventos críticos para los padres Materiales y Métodos: Se llevó a cabo un estudio cualitativo descriptivo. Se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas entre marzo y octubre de 2020 a 4 padres y 12 madres que tuvieron la experiencia de tener un hijo prematuro. El análisis se realizó con herramientas de la teoría fundamentada. Resultados: Se identificaron cuatro categorías: Afrontando el parto prematuro, experimentando la cotidianidad de la prematurez en la unidad neonatal, empoderándose para el cuidado del hijo prematuro y cuidando en el hogar. La categoría empoderándose para el cuidado del hijo prematuro, emergió como la categoría central dentro de la experiencia. Discusión: La experiencia de tener de un hijo prematuro es compleja, dinámica e implica una alta carga emocional para los padres. El cuidado del hijo prematuro exige el desarrollo de habilidades especificas antes del alta y en este proceso el empoderamiento se constituye como aspecto central. El empoderamiento de los padres facilita la transición y se ve favorecido por el acompañamiento del personal de enfermería, la información, la vinculación con el cuidado de su hijo en la unidad neonatal, el apoyo familiar y las condiciones individuales de cada padre. Conclusiones: En la experiencia de los padres el empoderamiento para el cuidado de sus hijos prematuros se constituye como un elemento central que facilita la transición al hogar y favorece el desarrollo de habilidades para el cuidado en el hogar. Como citar este artículo: Osorio Galeano Sandra Patricia, Salazar Maya Ángela María. El empoderamiento de los padres para el cuidado del hijo prematuro. Revista Cuidarte. 2022;13(2):e2104. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.2104    

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