Caring for newborns in the presence of their parents: the experience of nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit

Authors

  • Miriam Aparecida Barbosa Merighi Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Maria Cristina Pinto de Jesus Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Faculdade de Enfermagem
  • Karine Ribeiro Santin Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Deíse Moura de Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692011000600017

Keywords:

Nursing, Infant, Newborn, Parent-Child Relations, Intensive Care, Neonatal, Qualitative Research

Abstract

The nurse has a key role in involving parents in the care of newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit. The aim of this study was to comprehend how the nurses experience the care provided to newborns in the presence of the parents. This is a qualitative study using social phenomenology, with the participation of seven nurses, interviewed between January and February 2009. The nurses perceived the needs of parents; had positive expectations regarding the care provided and acknowledge themselves to be the link between them, helping them to live with the hospitalized child. However, in emergencies, the nurses had difficulties in caring for the neonate in the presence of the parents. The nurses positively evaluated the presence of parents in the neonatal intensive care unit, involving them permanently in the care of the newborn. The study evokes the emergence of a care context (nurse/neonate/parents) that precedes the proximity between the subjects and the demands presented by them.

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Published

2011-12-01

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 6 (2011)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Caring for newborns in the presence of their parents: the experience of nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit . (2011). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 19(6), 1398-1404. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692011000600017