ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Barriers to Couplet Care of the Infant Requiring Additional Care: Integrative Review.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Mother-Newborn Couplet Care in Denmark: A National Cross-Sectional Survey of Clinical Practices and Challenges.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- The Swedish national guideline on immediate and uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact and mother-newborn couplet care.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Factors influencing parental presence in neonatal units: A systematic review.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Effect of couplet care on early parent-infant closeness among preterm infants.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
- NICU Couplet Care: metrics to guide an evolving model of care.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundHistorically, once the baby was born, the mother and baby were separated shortly after birth into a postnatal ward and a baby nursery. Overtime, with advances in neonatology led to an increasing number of neonates being separated from their mothers at birth for specialised neonatal care if they required additional needs. As more research has been undertaken there is an increasing focus that mothers and babies should be kept together from birth, termed couplet care. Couplet care refers to keeping the mother and baby together. Despite this evidence, in practice, this is not happening.
aimto examine the barriers to nurses and midwives providing couplet care of the infant requiring additional needs in postnatal and nursery.
methodsA thorough literature review relies on a well-developed search strategy. This resulted in a total of 20 papers that were included in this review.
resultsThis review revealed five main themes or barriers to nurses and midwives providing couplet care: models of care, systems and other barriers, safety, resistance, and education. DISCUSSION: Resistance to couplet care was discussed as being caused by feelings of lack of confidence and competence, concerns around maternal and infant safety and an under-recognition of the benefits of couplet care.
conclusionThe conclusion is that there is still a paucity of research in relation to nursing and midwifery barriers to couplet care. Although this review discusses barriers to couplet care, more specific original research on what nurses and midwives themselves perceive to be the barriers to couplet care in Australia is needed. The recommendation is therefore to undertake research into this area and interview nurses and midwives to ascertain their perspectives.
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