Supporting parents that lose their child suddenly
Telenius, Noora; Mohamed, Raaqiyo (2021)
Telenius, Noora
Mohamed, Raaqiyo
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021121526325
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021121526325
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This bachelor’s thesis is a narrative literature review about how the healthcare professionals could support parents that have lost their child suddenly. The objective of our thesis is to help nurses understand what kind of support grieving parents need and how to support them. With the help of our literature review nurses can find tools useful for them when dealing with grieving parent/s. The purpose of this thesis is to do a literature review to collect information for nurses and midwives dealing with grieving parents that have lost their infant suddenly. The information is collected from already existing studies and materials.
We conducted a data search from reliable online databases. The databases for this literature review we ended up using were CINAHL and Pubmed. For the background information we used CINAHL, Pubmed, Andor and Google Scholar. The data was collected between May and August in 2021. We included eight studies in this review
Through the literature review we found out that grieving bereaved parents look for good, sensitive and empathetic attitude and care from the health care staff when facing the loss of their baby. Many parents need spiritual support, but also emotional and psychosocial support. Continuity of the care and ongoing relation-ship between the bereaved parents and care provider was found beneficial for the parents’ grieving process. Parents also found it helpful when they received photographs or memory boxes of their lost child.
We conducted a data search from reliable online databases. The databases for this literature review we ended up using were CINAHL and Pubmed. For the background information we used CINAHL, Pubmed, Andor and Google Scholar. The data was collected between May and August in 2021. We included eight studies in this review
Through the literature review we found out that grieving bereaved parents look for good, sensitive and empathetic attitude and care from the health care staff when facing the loss of their baby. Many parents need spiritual support, but also emotional and psychosocial support. Continuity of the care and ongoing relation-ship between the bereaved parents and care provider was found beneficial for the parents’ grieving process. Parents also found it helpful when they received photographs or memory boxes of their lost child.