Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso de Especialização
A alta hospitalar de recém-nascidos de uma unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal: percepções maternas
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2013-02-07Autor
Carvalho, Fabiane Luz de
Institución
Resumen
This research aimed to understand some parents’ experience on the process of newborns discharge
from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as well as to analyze the circumstances of these newborns
inclusion in the Basic Care from the perspective of the care progression. Therefore, the present
study is qualitative and was carried out considering newborns who were admitted to the Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit from March 2011 to February 2012. The data was collected through an analysis
of the newborns’ medical records and semi-structured interviews with 45 mothers. Considering the
thematic analysis, three categories were identified: The discharge day – and its subcategories: The
newborn discharge moment, Evaluation of care and Guidance to home care –, Access to basic care
according to mothers’ sense and Prevalence of tertiary health care related to primary care. Hence,
the findings revealed parents’ happiness and relief because of their children’s discharge, the
acknowledgment on the Unit supply and the importance of communication among the several
departments to keep and support the health care.