Support for the Parents whose Child is in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Kolmakova, Daria (2015)
Kolmakova, Daria
Yrkeshögskolan Novia
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015121220437
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015121220437
Tiivistelmä
The time when a neonate is coming to the intensive care unit is one of the most stressful times for the parents. Lack of information, new environment and uncertainty about the child’s future make them more stressed and psychologically fragile. Working with families during this time is a complex process that is including different factors, methods and has a big impact on the quality of care to both neonate and parents.
The goal of this work is to find out with use of a literature review, what newly done researches tell about the different ways of the parental support provided by nurses during the time, when they are having their newborn child in the neonatal intensive care unit. At the same time was applied theory of suffering created by J. Morse (2001) to see how the ways of support could vary from one to another type of parental suffering.
The results from the literature review were formed into two categories: empowerment and nurse- parent interaction. At the same time, they contain 4 sub-categories that describe more in detail these two phenomena.
The data gathered indicated that the process of the parental support is not a split into diverse parts, but presented as a complex structure that in combination would lead to an optimal result. Both empowerment and interactions among nurses and parents are affecting each other equally. Moreover, each category could be applied to the different type of emotional and psychological suffering, which provides better care to the families.
The goal of this work is to find out with use of a literature review, what newly done researches tell about the different ways of the parental support provided by nurses during the time, when they are having their newborn child in the neonatal intensive care unit. At the same time was applied theory of suffering created by J. Morse (2001) to see how the ways of support could vary from one to another type of parental suffering.
The results from the literature review were formed into two categories: empowerment and nurse- parent interaction. At the same time, they contain 4 sub-categories that describe more in detail these two phenomena.
The data gathered indicated that the process of the parental support is not a split into diverse parts, but presented as a complex structure that in combination would lead to an optimal result. Both empowerment and interactions among nurses and parents are affecting each other equally. Moreover, each category could be applied to the different type of emotional and psychological suffering, which provides better care to the families.