During December 2017, the Journal of Neonatal Nursing published a series of articles on the partnership of care between staff and parents on neonatal units. This discussion goes far beyond …
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Researchers at the Scientific Institute IRCCS Eugenio Medea in Bosisio Parini, Italy, worked with 10 couples who had experienced neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) 3-6 months earlier. They interviewed the …
A new paper in the Journal of Perinatology presents a fresh concept for neonatal intensive care: the Newborn Intensive Parenting Unit. The overall aim is to “optimize the functioning of …
A review of 14 qualitative studies of fathers’ experiences of neonatal intensive care units between 2001 and 2013 has identified a number of common responses of fathers: Feeling out of …
A study in Denmark of 12 fathers whose babies are in a neonatal intensive care unit has identified a number of ways in which fathers have different experiences and needs …
Neonatal Intensive Care Units can provide a model for a high level of engagement of fathers around the needs of mothers, fathers and babies. So finds a survey of 48 …
A small study from Ghana, involving interviews with nine fathers of preterm babies, has shown high levels of exclusion by healthcare workers and demonstrates how this directly encourages a traditional …
The Journal of Neonatal Nursing has recently published a description of a fathers’ group in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit of the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. It is …
A review of literature has listed key support needs of fathers in neonatal care. In many respects the needs of fathers are similar to those of mothers, but fathers have …
Fathers of pre-term infants in intensive care use social media sites to get information and seek support from other fathers. A US study, led by Dr Hyun Nam Kim at …