Mothers' experiences with premature neonates about kangaroo care: qualitative approaches

Premature neonates admitted in NICU besides being separated from their mothers are prone to inevitably painful and stressful situations. Kangaroo care is the most effective method to get rid of this separation and its negative consequences. This study was performed to determine the experiences of mothers having premature neonates concerning Kangaroo care. The present study is a qualitative research in which focus group discussion method is used for data collection. Research society consisted of mothers having premature neonates Research group reread and categorized the qualitative findings. Contents of interviews were analyzed using the conventional interpretation approach introduced by Dicklman Method. Through content analysis of information emerged two major categories including mothers' experiences about advantages of kangaroo care in interaction with neonate, and, feeling of physical-mental healthiness of neonate. Executive obstacles of kangaroo care from mothers' standpoint were also discussed, which will be subsequently presented. According to the obtained results, it seems vital to highlight kangaroo care as a safe and effective clinical care-taking treatment in nursery of premature neonates in all hospitals. Nurses shall provide all mothers with the needed instructions for holding the premature and lower-weight neonate properly on their chests and shall promote their knowledge level concerning positive effects of kangaroo care including induction of tranquil sleep, optimization of physiological conditions of neonate, and removal of suckling obstacles

[ viewpoints of students in yazd university of medical sciences on selection of adviser faculties]

Introduction: Professors have important responsibilities in education and training of students, among them advising students for overcoming some preventable problems leading to educational failure is of a great importance. This study was performed with the purpose of surveying the viewpoints of students in Yazd University of Medical Sciences on the process of selecting supervisor professors and the scope of advisers' duties and assigning supervised students

Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 385 students in Yazd University of Medical Sciences selected by random stratified sampling. Data were collected through a questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS software. Statistical significant level was considered as p<0.05

Results: The most important item in selecting the adviser for each student was having common academic field [40.3%]. In assigning students for each adviser smaller number of students was mentioned as the most important item [53%]. Most of the subjects [48.8%] agreed with selection of adviser by head of faculty and selection of supervised students by the adviser him/herself. Attention to the academic statue of students and solving educational problems of students were major duties of advisers according to the majority of students [96.4%]

Conclusion: According to the results, it is suggested that advisers be selected by head of faculties and attention to having common field of study with the supervised student, the adviser's own opinion and assigning smaller number of students for each adviser is highly necessary?