THE PRETERM NEWBORN BABY IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: A PROPOSAL FOR INTERVENTION, RESPECTING ITS INDIVIDUALITY, ITS FRAILTIES AND ITS STRENGHTS

Authors

  • Pessia Grywac Meyerhof

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.38148

Keywords:

Pretern newborn babies, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), period of permanence in the NICU, intervention.

Abstract

Focusing on how to observe behavioural signs and on the individuality of each preterm newborn baby, this paper describes changes in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in relation to the surroundings, to the daily care of the newborn and to parent counselling about the baby. These changes seem to influence the length of time the baby stays in the NICU.

Author Biography

  • Pessia Grywac Meyerhof
    Terapeuta Ocupacional.Mestre em  Psicologia.Doutoranda em Psicologia Experimental pela Universidade de São Paulo. Treinada na Utilização da Escala de Avaliação do Comportamento do Neonato do Brazelton em Boston. Aprovada pela ABRADIMINE para ser Instrutora em Terapia ()cupacional no curso de Tratamento Neuroevolutivo - Bobath e no “Babv Course’ . Conselheira técnica do Lar Escola São Francisco. Membro do Setor do Desenvolvimento Humano da Disciplina de Pediatria e Neonatologia da Escola Paulista de Medicima. Diretora Clínica da Reabilitação Especializada.

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Published

1995-12-19

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Vol. 5 No. 1-2 (1995)

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