Tools For Family Work In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: : An Orientation Guide For Parents
Hinkkanen, Salla-Maaria; Aivio-Thompson, Noora (2016)
Hinkkanen, Salla-Maaria
Aivio-Thompson, Noora
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201604184543
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201604184543
Tiivistelmä
The neonatal intensive care unit is a highly technological environment where the role of parents differs from traditional parenting. Parents are separated from their newborns and often experience emotional strain and lack of control. Lack of sufficient orientation can further isolate parents from their infants affecting negatively both the early attachment and future parenting. Thus parental presence and physical contact during the hospital care should be promoted throughout the hospital stay. Sufficient orientation and family centered nursing encourages parental motivation to participate in the infant care, increases treatment safety, treatment results and overall family wellbeing.
The aim of the thesis was to create an orientation guide for the parents in the Central Finland’s Central hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The easily adaptable and understandable guide was intended for parents whose children are currently admitted to the ward. The purpose of the guide was to educate and encourage parents to participate actively and safely in the care of their infants while supporting the early attachment, autonomy, self-determination and independency of parents in the NICU environment.
The thesis was a functional study that simultaneously produced an orientation guide for parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of KSSHP and a written report used as a theoretical framework for the orientation guide. Trough literature research a vast amount of information was processed and selected to best present the current evidence-based research done in the field of family centered nursing, neonatal intensive care nursing and orientation as a tool. It highlights the importance of family centered nursing, parental education and parental involvement in the care process of the infant in the NICU environment.
The aim of the thesis was to create an orientation guide for the parents in the Central Finland’s Central hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The easily adaptable and understandable guide was intended for parents whose children are currently admitted to the ward. The purpose of the guide was to educate and encourage parents to participate actively and safely in the care of their infants while supporting the early attachment, autonomy, self-determination and independency of parents in the NICU environment.
The thesis was a functional study that simultaneously produced an orientation guide for parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of KSSHP and a written report used as a theoretical framework for the orientation guide. Trough literature research a vast amount of information was processed and selected to best present the current evidence-based research done in the field of family centered nursing, neonatal intensive care nursing and orientation as a tool. It highlights the importance of family centered nursing, parental education and parental involvement in the care process of the infant in the NICU environment.