The role of the nurses in the special care nursery: their own descriptions

This paper presents new findings resulting from a thematic analysis of interview data collected from Australian nurses working in the Special Care Nursery (SCN). This work was part of a programme of research, which has investigated theimpact of neonatal nursery care on parent's disrupted transi...

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Main Authors: Fenwick, Jennifer, Barclay, Lesley, Schmied, V.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25508
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author Fenwick, Jennifer
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Schmied, V.
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description This paper presents new findings resulting from a thematic analysis of interview data collected from Australian nurses working in the Special Care Nursery (SCN). This work was part of a programme of research, which has investigated theimpact of neonatal nursery care on parent's disrupted transition to parenthood. The particular focus of this group ofstudies was women's experiences of mothering in the SCN. The findings suggest that the ideology of the infant as anindividual and independent from the mother and family needs continued critique.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-255082017-01-30T12:48:47Z The role of the nurses in the special care nursery: their own descriptions Fenwick, Jennifer Barclay, Lesley Schmied, V. mother-infant bond parent education dependent maternal role advocate family-centred care controlled environment This paper presents new findings resulting from a thematic analysis of interview data collected from Australian nurses working in the Special Care Nursery (SCN). This work was part of a programme of research, which has investigated theimpact of neonatal nursery care on parent's disrupted transition to parenthood. The particular focus of this group ofstudies was women's experiences of mothering in the SCN. The findings suggest that the ideology of the infant as anindividual and independent from the mother and family needs continued critique. 2003 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25508 Elsevier Ltd restricted
spellingShingle mother-infant bond
parent education
dependent maternal role
advocate
family-centred care
controlled environment
Fenwick, Jennifer
Barclay, Lesley
Schmied, V.
The role of the nurses in the special care nursery: their own descriptions
title The role of the nurses in the special care nursery: their own descriptions
title_full The role of the nurses in the special care nursery: their own descriptions
title_fullStr The role of the nurses in the special care nursery: their own descriptions
title_full_unstemmed The role of the nurses in the special care nursery: their own descriptions
title_short The role of the nurses in the special care nursery: their own descriptions
title_sort role of the nurses in the special care nursery: their own descriptions
topic mother-infant bond
parent education
dependent maternal role
advocate
family-centred care
controlled environment
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25508