Experiences of the mothers of infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Nazari, Reza; Koosha, F Moradi; Rezaie, Soheila Ahangarzadeh; Akbari, Negarin; Qolizadeh, Arina

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“…Quality togetherness of mother and baby is important for a healthy mother-infant attachment [11]. It has been stated in previous studies that babies develop mentally and physically faster as mothers have more opportunities to be with and care for their babies [20,22,26].…”

Section: Maternal-health Provider's Interaction and Expectationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, previous studies reported that mothers were unable to deal with doctors at all, and they complained that communicating with health staff was very difficult and they used negative communication methods, which pushed a mother to loneliness. Although communication skills differ from person to person, it is thought that the communication of healthcare professionals with mothers, even at a basic level, will ensure the adaptation of mothers to NICU and reduce the workload of these professionals [5,11,23,24,29,30].…”

Section: Maternal-health Provider's Interaction and Expectationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, they were worried about the disruption of the treatment of their babies among such complex procedures. Studies have shown that the technical equipment and the medical language spoken in NICUs all over the world cause stress in mothers and they feel very lonely here [5,8,[11][12][13]. In different studies, it was revealed that mothers experienced emotional distress; some blame themselves, some feel so tense, and some want to eliminate the factors that prevent her from reaching her with a very high anxiety for her baby [7,19,24].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Experiences of New Mothers with Premature Babies in Neonatal Care Units: A Qualitative Study

Pınar¹,

Erbaba²

2020

J Nurs Pract

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Preterm birth is a potentially stressful, an unexpected and a multi-problematic event such as neonatal respiratory problems, jaundice, hypotermia, feeding problems and infections [1][2][3][4]. After preterm delivery, as newborn need instantly stabilization (support respiratory and body term regulation etc.), they are generally admitted to the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) [3,5]. Keeping mothers away from the NICU for reasons such as infection, noise, and privacy prevents mothers from getting closer to their babies [1,4,6,7]. Sophisticated equipment and continuous sound stimulation in NICU can impair the parental affective attachment process, and can be commonly terrifying for parents in the early postpartum period [8][9][10]. Previous studies have been reported that interrupted by sudden unexpectedly early delivery caused negative feelings on the including, confusion, anger, guilt, sufferance, weakness, tiredness, helplessness, frustration, depression, anxiety, lack of confidence, stress and loss of control,

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Section: Maternal-health Provider's Interaction and Expectationsmentioning

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Section: Maternal-health Provider's Interaction and Expectationsmentioning

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Experiences of New Mothers with Premature Babies in Neonatal Care Units: A Qualitative Study

Pınar¹,

Erbaba²

2020

J Nurs Pract

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“…Moreover, it encompasses preparation of neonates for successful discharge and parents for their roles in neonatal care (Lake et al, 2016). NICU nurses play a significant part in assessing risk factors for physiological and psychological conditions in neonates, promoting their growth and developmental process, encouraging parent attachment, and providing family-centered care, all of which are associated with quality of care (Nazari et al, 2020).…”

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Predictors of Nurse-Reported Quality of Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Korea

Park

Lee

2021

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate predictors of nurse-reported quality of care (NQoC) in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) in Korea. Design and methods: The study participants were 217 NICU nurses working in four tertiary general hospitals and three general hospitals across South Korea. Data were collected in February 2019, when a survey was performed to measure nurse-related characteristics, intent to leave, job satisfaction, and NQoC. Collected data were analyzed using t-test, chi-square test, and hierarchical logistic regression on the SPSS WIN 26.0 program. Results: Approximately 53% of NICU nurses perceived good quality of care. NICU work experience of less than 2 years and 2 to 4 years were associated with increased odds of good NQoC in all regression models. Perceived adequacy of nurse staffing level was significantly associated with increased odds of good NQoC in model 2 (OR 4.90, 95% CI: 1.75-13.70), model 3 (OR 5.01, 95% CI: 1.73-14.50), and model 4 (OR 3.96, 95% CI: 1.29-12.12). Moreover, in model 3, intent to leave was associated with decreased odds of good NQoC (OR 0.83, 95% CI: 0.21-0.71), and job satisfaction was associated with increased odds of good NQoC (OR 5.41, 95% CI: 2.74-10.67) in model 4. Conclusions: Nurses' NICU work experience, adequate nurse staffing level, no intent to leave, and job satisfaction were predictors of good NQoC among NICU nurses. Practice implication: Improvement of nurse staffing levels and job satisfaction is a promising strategy to achieve good quality of care in NICUs.

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“…Mothers with an infant in the NICU can feel a loss of control and disconnect from their infant. These factors can present challenges that affect the parenting role such as delayed maternal attachment and reduced capacity for emotional bonding [7]. Parents experience considerable stress, distress, and di culty maintaining their caregiver role [8].…”

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Health Care Provider's Support from Mothers in NICU: A Focused Ethnography Study

Negarandeh

Hassankhani

Jabraeili

et al. 2020

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Background: Mothers of premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) have complex needs and require a significant amount of support during the NICU admission. However, little is known about mothers support needs in the NICU. The aim of study was to explore mothers and health staff experiences and care practices meeting support needs of the mothers in the NICU. Methods: A focused ethnographic approach was adopted. Observation and interviews with 21 mothers, 18 nurses and 5 physicians were undertaken over a seven month period. Qualitative data analysis was conducted using the Roper and Shapira (2000) five-step framework. Result: Two main themes of “failure to meet the support needs of mothers” (Subthemes: failure to accompany the mother in care, assigning monitoring and care to the mother, inadequate sharing of medical information) and “supporting the mothers in certain circumstances” (Subthemes: reassuring the mother, supporting mothers with reduced functional capacity, providing information) were obtained. Conclusion: This study showed that the mothers were supported by the staff, particularly while mothers were in serious need of support. However, the staff considered the treatment and care of the infant as their main professional duty and mothers support was provided when they had the opportunity to support.

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Experiences of the mothers of infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Cited by 13 publications

References 20 publications

Experiences of New Mothers with Premature Babies in Neonatal Care Units: A Qualitative Study

Experiences of New Mothers with Premature Babies in Neonatal Care Units: A Qualitative Study

Predictors of Nurse-Reported Quality of Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Korea

Health Care Provider's Support from Mothers in NICU: A Focused Ethnography Study

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