scholarly journals Spiritual Needs of Families With Bereavement and Loss of an Infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narges Sadeghi ◽  
Marzieh Hasanpour ◽  
Mohamad Heidarzadeh ◽  
Aliakbar Alamolhoda ◽  
Elisha Waldman
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Spiritual Needs

scholarly journals Maternal experiences with specificities of prematurity that hinder breastfeeding

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Barbosa Pereira ◽  
Ana Cristina Freitas de Vilhena Abrão ◽  
Conceição Vieira da Silva Ohara ◽  
Circéa Amália Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Clinical Instability ◽  
Mothers Of Preterm Infants ◽  
Late Start

A qualitative study which has Symbolic Interactionism as theoretical framework and Interpretative Interactionism as its methodological one, aiming to unveil motherly experiences against prematurity peculiarities that hinder breastfeeding during infant's hospitalization at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Were interviewed 13 mothers of preterm infants assisted at an Outpatient Follow-up Clinic of Montes Claros MG, Brazil. Results show that as trying to breastfeed a premature infant, the mother interacts with situations signified by her as obstacles to breastfeeding: the "torment" of their child's hospitalization and clinical instability, the fear of baby's death, its difficulty to suck, the late start of breastfeeding interpreted a something difficult, as a risk to weight. We consider that although breastfeeding a preterm infant is a challenge, appropriate professional conducts and hospital procedures might facilitate it and therefore should be implemented, aiming at promoting, protecting and supporting breastfeeding.

Living with the Unknown: A Qualitative Study of Parental Experience of Prognostic Uncertainty in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne A. Krick ◽  
Elliott Mark Weiss ◽  
Anna Snyder ◽  
Shefali Haldar ◽  
Georgina D. Campelia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
Parental Experience ◽  
Parent Experiences ◽  
Qualitative Interview Study ◽  
Prognostic Uncertainty

Abstract Objective This study aims to characterize the experience of prognostic uncertainty for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) parents. Study Design We conducted a qualitative interview study of current and former NICU parents regarding their experience with prognostic uncertainty in the NICU. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using a grounded theory methodology. Results Twenty-four parents were interviewed before achieving thematic saturation. Three phases of the parental experience of prognostic uncertainty emerged: shock, gray daze, and looking forward. These phases often, but not always, occurred sequentially. In shock, parents felt overwhelmed by uncertainty and were unable to visualize a future for their family. In gray daze, parents felt frustrated by the continued uncertainty. While accepting the possibility of a future for their family, they could not conceptualize a path by which to achieve it. In looking forward, parents accepted uncertainty as inevitable and incorporated it into their vision of the future. Conclusion While each parent experienced the prognostic uncertainty in the neonatal intensive care unit in their own way, we found three common experiential phases. By understanding how a parent experiences prognostic uncertainty in these phases, providers may become better able to communicate and form therapeutic relationships with parents.

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