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- Title
Retrieving the offspring and caring for it during the first night at home.
- Authors
Espitia, Edelmira Castillo; Ocampo González, Melva Patricia
- Abstract
Objective. To describe experiences of mothers caring for their preterm offspring on the first day after being discharged from the hospital. Methodology. This was an interpretative phenomenological study with 10 mothers. Results. Release of the infant from the hospital was interpreted by the mothers as an event that permits them to retrieve the offspring that did not belong to them but to the hospital personnel. The experience of caring for the child during the first night at home was undertaken with uneasiness, angst, and total dedication. Conclusion. After the child's hospitalization, the mothers doubt their own capacity to care for it. It is necessary to implement strategies that permit mothers to know their offspring and participate in the care during the hospitalization to build trust in their capacity to care for the child at home.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; ANXIETY; HOSPITAL care of children; GESTATIONAL age; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; HYGIENE; PREMATURE infants; INFANT care; INFANT nutrition; INTENSIVE care nursing; INTERVIEWING; PHENOMENOLOGY; MOTHER-infant relationship; MOTHERHOOD; MOTHERS; NEONATAL intensive care; PARENTING; PATIENT compliance; PUERPERIUM; RESEARCH evaluation; SLEEP; UNCERTAINTY; HOME environment; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; NARRATIVES; THEMATIC analysis; NEONATAL intensive care units; PATIENT discharge instructions; DISCHARGE planning; ATTITUDES of mothers; PARITY (Obstetrics); UNPLANNED pregnancy
- Publication
Investigacion & Educacion en Enfermeria, 2013, Vol 31, Issue 3, p354
- ISSN
0120-5307
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17533/udea.iee.17495