Abstract
Abstract
Background
Mothers of premature newborns 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. This study aimed to explore health care staff and mothers' experiences of meeting the mothers support needs in the NICU.
This study aimed to explore health care staff and mothers' experiences of meeting the mothers' support needs in the NICU.
Methods
A focused ethnographic approach was adopted. Observations and interviews with 21 mothers, 18 nurses, and five physicians were undertaken over a seven months period. Qualitative data analysis was conducted using the Roper and Shapira (2000) five-step framework.
Result
Two main themes of “insufficient provision of the mothers' support needs” (subthemes: inadequate accompany of the mothers in care, assigning monitoring and care to the mothers, inadequate sharing of medical the information) and “supporting the mothers in certain circumstances” (subthemes: reassuring the mothers, supporting the mothers with reduced functional capacity, providing information) were obtained.
Conclusion
The mothers experienced a gap between expected and actual support provided by health care staff. Although, the health care staff believed that mothers' support was a necessity, it was not their main concerns, and they considered workload as a barrier for the mothers support in the NICU.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Obstetrics and Gynecology
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