Feelings of the mothers with babies hospitalized in neonatal intensive care unit

Authors

  • Ana Luiza Santos de Carvalho
  • Ana Cândida Serafim dos Reis
  • Flávia Regina Dias
  • Maria Adelane Alves Monteiro
  • Ana Karina Bezerra Pinheiro

Keywords:

Mothers, Emotions, Child hospitalized, Intensive Care Units Neonatal.

Abstract

This study aimed at understanding the feelings of the puerperas with babies hospitalized in neonatal intensive care unit. This is a descriptive exploratory research with qualitative approach accomplished with six mothers whose babies were hospitalized in neonatal intensive or intermediate care unit in a maternity hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará. The information were obtained through structured individual interviews and displaced in two categories of analysis: Feelings that emerge from the discovery that the newborn will need hospitalization and those experienced during the process of hospitalization of the newborn. We conclude that a mother who is experiencing the hospitalization of a newborn child needs effective care as a means of obtaining a better way of facing such a crisis, avoiding this that such a situation bring damage to the physical and emotional health of the mother

 

 

Published

2007-02-11

How to Cite

Carvalho, A. L. S. de, Reis, A. C. S. dos, Dias, F. R., Monteiro, M. A. A., & Pinheiro, A. K. B. (2007). Feelings of the mothers with babies hospitalized in neonatal intensive care unit. Rev Rene, 8(1). Retrieved from http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5268

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Section

Research Article

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