Parents' experiences of caring for preterm infants after discharge from neonatal intensive care unit: a meta-synthesis of the literature

EA Adama, S Bayes, D Sundin - Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 2016 - Elsevier
The difficulties of caring for preterm infants and associated psychological stress incurred by
parents of preterm infants admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) have been well …

Psychosocial support for parents of extremely preterm infants in neonatal intensive care: a qualitative interview study

A Bry, H Wigert - BMC psychology, 2019 - Springer
Background Extremely premature infants (those born before 28 weeks' gestational age) are
highly immature, requiring months of care at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). For …

The emotional experiences and supports for parents with babies in a neonatal nursery

M Turner, H Winefield… - Advances in Neonatal …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE: The experience of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for parents can be
anxiety-provoking, fearful, and distressing. To help parents cope with these overwhelming …

Differences and similarities between mothers and fathers of premature children: a qualitative study of parents' coping experiences in a neonatal intensive care unit

IH Hagen, VC Iversen, MF Svindseth - BMC pediatrics, 2016 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to explore and describe the coping experiences of
parents to children admitted to a neonatal unit. Methods A qualitative research approach …

Chinese parents' lived experiences of having preterm infants in NICU: A qualitative study

X Yu, J Zhang, L Yuan - Journal of pediatric nursing, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose To explore Chinese parents' experiences and expectations of having
preterm infants in a Chinese neonatal intensive care unit. Design and methods A qualitative …

Parenting the post-NICU premature infant

S Bakewell-Sachs, S Gennaro - MCN: The American Journal of …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
The birth of a premature infant is stressful for family members who must adjust to unfamiliar
surroundings, learn new vocabularies, cope with the infant's uncertain survival and outcome …

Gaining confidence and perspective: a phenomenological study of mothers' lived experiences caring for infants at home after neonatal unit discharge

MR Murdoch, LS Franck - Journal of advanced nursing, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Murdoch mr & Franck ls (2012) Gaining confidence and perspective: a phenomenological
study of mothers' lived experiences caring for infants at home after neonatal unit discharge …

Coping with the neonatal intensive care unit experience: parents' strategies and views of staff support

VC Smith, GK SteelFisher, C Salhi… - The Journal of perinatal …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
It is stressful for parents to have an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). To
better understand the parents' experience and the role of staff, we examined parental reports …

[HTML][HTML] The parental experience of having an infant in the newborn intensive care unit

HM Obeidat, EA Bond, LC Callister - The Journal of perinatal …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The purpose of this systematic review was to explore and describe the experience of parents
with an infant in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU). A literature search covering the …

Systematic review of qualitative studies exploring parental experiences in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

DF Al Maghaireh, KL Abdullah, CM Chan… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To determine the feasibility and utility of a thematic analysis approach
to synthesising qualitative evidence about parental experiences in the neonatal intensive …