The Experience of Fathers during the Hospitalization of a Preterm Newborn

Authors

  • Erika Melania Cañas Lopera Author Universidad de la sabana, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Yanira Astrid Rodríguez Holguín Author Clínica Palermo

Keywords:

Father, premature, parent-child relationships, neonatal intensive care, neonatal nursing, nursing care, culture (Source, DeCS, Bireme).

Abstract

Objective: Identify what hospitalization of an extremely preterm newborn means to the father. Materials and methods: This qualitative study, based on an ethnonursing methodology, was conducted in Bogota. Eight parents took part. The data were analyzed according to the Leininger four-phase method for analysis. Results and discussion: Two topics and seven contrasting patterns emerged in light of Leininger's sunrise model. First topic: "Hospitalization of extreme preterm infants: changes in the father's social and cultural structure," with five patterns. Second topic: "Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: first home for extremely preterm infants," with two patterns. Conclusions: The hospitalization of a child is a life-changing event for the father, with the focus being on his child and his partner. This generates changes in the social and cultural structure, so as to strengthen the relationship with the partner, the well-being of the family and to share the situation they are going through.

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Author Biography

Erika Melania Cañas Lopera, Universidad de la sabana, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Enfermera egresada de la Universidad de la sabana, diplomado en sindrome de dificultad respiratoria al neonato  y maestria con enfasis en cuidadado materno perinatal Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Experiencia en el area de cuidado neonatal (8 años), evaluadarora externa de la estrategia IAMI Integral.

Trabajo actual: Enfermera de la URN de Clinica Palermo

 

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Published

2014-10-23

How to Cite

Cañas Lopera, E. M., & Rodríguez Holguín, Y. A. (2014). The Experience of Fathers during the Hospitalization of a Preterm Newborn. Aquichan, 14(3), 336–350. Retrieved from https://aquichan.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/aquichan/article/view/2904

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2014)

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