ArticleJournal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN
The role of peer support in the development of maternal identity for "NICU Moms".
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- Parent-infant interaction in the NICU: Challenges in measurement.Early human development · 2022Article
- Psychiatric Symptoms, Posttraumatic Growth, and Life Satisfaction Among Parents of Seriously Ill Infants: A Prospective Case-Controlled Study.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2022Article
- The Soundscape of Neonatal Intensive Care: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Parents' Experience.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Racial and socioeconomic disparities in breast milk feedings in US neonatal intensive care units.Pediatric research · 2021Review
- Strategies to increase the use of mother's own milk for infants at risk of necrotizing enterocolitis.Pediatric research · 2020Review
- Mothers' Perceptions of Quality of Family-Centered Care and Environmental Stressors in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Predictors of and Relationships with Psycho-emotional Outcomes and Postpartum Attachment.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
- A pilot study demonstrating the impact of the supporting and enhancing NICU sensory experiences (SENSE) program on the mother and infant.Early human development · 2020Article
- [Factors Influencing Post-traumatic Growth in Mothers with Premature Infants Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit].Child health nursing research · 2020Article
- Facilities for presence and provision of support to parents and significant others in neonatal units.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine first-time neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) mothers' perceptions of the initial effect and stress of their birth experiences and hospitalizations of their infants and what facilitated or hindered the development of their maternal roles within the context of the NICU.
designA qualitative descriptive design.
settingA 57-bed, tertiary NICU in Chicago.
participantsTwenty-three mothers of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants hospitalized in the NICU.
methodsParticipants were a subset of a larger longitudinal mixed-method study of psychological distress in 69 mothers of VLBW infants. Mothers were interviewed using an adaptation of the Clinical Interview for Parents of High-Risk Infants (CLIP) approximately 6 weeks after the births of their infants. Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis.
resultsMothers characterized the infants' births and hospitalizations as a time of overwhelming change culminating in a new perspective on life. Primary themes were loss, stress and anxiety, adapting, resilience, peer support, and "I'm a NICU Mom." Mothers rated peer support as the most facilitative and supportive aspect of developing the maternal role in the NICU.
conclusionPeer support and role modeling by NICU-based breastfeeding peer counselors helped the mothers throughout every stage of their infants' hospitalizations, from giving them hope, to helping them begin to develop maternal identity, to providing anticipatory guidance about taking their infants home. Talking points are provided for nurses who work in NICUs without dedicated peer support to help mothers establish a healthy mother/infant relationship.
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