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OBJECTIVES: to elaborate the Nursing Diagnoses of newborns with sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit and characterize the profile of the neonates and their mothers. METHOD: a cross-sectional and quantitative study, with a sample of 41 neonates. A physical examination and consultation of the hospital records were undertaken, using an instrument. The elaboration of the Nursing Diagnoses followed a process of diagnostic inference and was based on the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association 2012-2014. RESULTS: the mothers were around 25 years old, had a low average number of pre-natal consultations, and various complications during the pregnancy; and the newborns were predominantly premature and with very low birth weights. Five Nursing Diagnoses predominated, and all the neonates presented Risk of Shock and Risk of fluid volume imbalance. CONCLUSION: the Nursing Diagnoses of the neonates with sepsis can guide the formulating of specific assistential plans. The study contributes to the generation of new knowledge and found various relationships between the Nursing Diagnoses and the variables selected in the characterization of the neonates, which deserve to be elucidated in greater detail based on further research on the issue.
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Neonatal Nursing , Nursing Diagnosis , Sepsis/diagnosis , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Intensive Care Units, Neonatal , MaleABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: Exploring maternal experience with premature newborn children in a domestic environment. METHODS: The study was qualitative and used focus group interviews with 24 women who had had preterm deliveries in a public maternity hospital located in Northeast Brazil during June and October 2005. The mothers returned to the hospital facility at least 30 days after the newborn were discharged to share their experiences in caring for a premature infant at home. RESULTS: Interview data was analysed for content, four thematic nuclei being identified: hospital discharge, preparing the family for discharge, caring for a premature baby at home and life changes arising from the premature birth. The greatest difficulties reported by the mothers in caring for their premature children at home were related to feeding and feelings of insecurity and fear were expressed which showed the need for a support network for the families following discharge. CONCLUSIONS: The mothers care of premature infants at home represented changes for parents in everyday family life, work and social life, thus showing the need for a support network for them during the transition from hospital to home when considering premature children.
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Infant Care/psychology , Infant, Premature , Maternal Behavior/psychology , Mother-Child Relations , Mothers/psychology , Adult , Anxiety , Bottle Feeding/psychology , Brazil , Breast Feeding/psychology , Female , Focus Groups , Hospitals, Maternity , Hospitals, Teaching , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Intensive Care Units, Neonatal , Social Support , Young AdultABSTRACT
Qualitative study aimed at knowing the representations of mothers about the hospitalization of their premature son in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The sample was composed of eighteen mothers of premature newborns hospitalized in a school hospital in Natal, Brazil. A semi-structured interview was used and data analysis showed that hospitalization of a child is represented by the mothers as meanings, feelings, difficulties and uncertainties. It is considered that prematurity represents a maternal challenge from the moment of the premature birth, proceeding with disturbances inherent to hospitalization. These require awareness, listening and dialogue on the part of health professionals in an effective manner in order to strengthen maternal adaptation to prematurity.
