Engelsk titel: Developmental care in a Norwegian neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) - what's happening?
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Författare:
Myhre K
Email: kristin.myhre@hiof.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 17
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 07083935
Sammanfattning
Objective: The aim of this study is
to describe the experiences of
Norwegian nurses in using developmental
care as a basis for neonatal
nursing during 5 years and
to identify changes.
Methods: The study has a descriptive,
explorative design and
use interviews and observational
methods. 10 expert nurses were
interviewed (5 in 1998 and 5 in
2004), and 60 hours of observational
studies were spent (30 hours
in 1998 and 30 hours in 2004).
The analysis is done in an hermeneutical
tradition, and is based
upon Kvales methods of analysis
and interpretation.
Results: The study describes how
developmental care is implemented
and evolved in a Norwegian
NICU during 5 years. Nurses
recognize potential harmful or
dangerous consequences arising
from the environment (light,
sound, handling procedures) and
implement appropriate interventions
to minimize these effects
based upon the concept of developmental
care for preterm
babies.
Conclusion: The study shows
that the nurses have changed
their behaviour and attitudes.
The most obvious changes are
reducing the negative environmental
stimuli from sound and
light and the handling of patients.
The study confirms that developmental
care is challenging to the
NICU nurses in terms of time
needed to change attitudes.