Parent’s confidence level as a caregiver towards their infants in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM)
Admission of infant into Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) interrupts the attachment process of parents and their baby. The opportunity for parents to give care to their infant will be limited as their infant need intensive care from the nurse to overcome their health problem. As the result, it...
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| author | Kamarudzaman, Nur Husnina Atiqah |
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| description | Admission of infant into Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) interrupts the attachment
process of parents and their baby. The opportunity for parents to give care to their infant
will be limited as their infant need intensive care from the nurse to overcome their health
problem. As the result, it will affect the confidence level of parents to handle the infant.
The purpose of this study is to identify parent’s level of confidence during performing
infant care (medication administration, bathing, holding, feeding regimens, monitoring
devices and recognizing changes in the infant’s health status) prior discharge from NICU
at Hospital USM. A convenience sample of 42 parents that have infants admitted into
NICU at Hospital USM were included in the study. Data was collected using sociodemographic
data and 38 items of Transition Questionnaire (Kenner, 1994). The test
results revealed there were no association between educational level and parents confidence level with p 0.05 (p = 0.364). Also, analysis of association between
psychosocial status and parents’ confidence revealed no statistical difference (p> 0.05).
This study suggested that nurses working in neonatal intensive care units need to
construct nursing care around the parents especially for mother- infant bonding, with
roles and responsibilities that incorporate support of increase the confidence level of
parents to handle their infant that admit to NICU. |
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| spelling | usm-563192023-02-14T08:30:45Z http://eprints.usm.my/56319/ Parent’s confidence level as a caregiver towards their infants in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM) Kamarudzaman, Nur Husnina Atiqah R Medicine (General) RJ251-325 Newborn infants Including physiology, care, treatment, diseases Admission of infant into Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) interrupts the attachment process of parents and their baby. The opportunity for parents to give care to their infant will be limited as their infant need intensive care from the nurse to overcome their health problem. As the result, it will affect the confidence level of parents to handle the infant. The purpose of this study is to identify parent’s level of confidence during performing infant care (medication administration, bathing, holding, feeding regimens, monitoring devices and recognizing changes in the infant’s health status) prior discharge from NICU at Hospital USM. A convenience sample of 42 parents that have infants admitted into NICU at Hospital USM were included in the study. Data was collected using sociodemographic data and 38 items of Transition Questionnaire (Kenner, 1994). The test results revealed there were no association between educational level and parents confidence level with p 0.05 (p = 0.364). Also, analysis of association between psychosocial status and parents’ confidence revealed no statistical difference (p> 0.05). This study suggested that nurses working in neonatal intensive care units need to construct nursing care around the parents especially for mother- infant bonding, with roles and responsibilities that incorporate support of increase the confidence level of parents to handle their infant that admit to NICU. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2013 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/56319/1/NUR%20HUSNINA%20ATIQAH%20BINTI%20KAMARUDZAMAN%20-%20e.pdf Kamarudzaman, Nur Husnina Atiqah (2013) Parent’s confidence level as a caregiver towards their infants in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM). Other. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted) |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) RJ251-325 Newborn infants Including physiology, care, treatment, diseases Kamarudzaman, Nur Husnina Atiqah Parent’s confidence level as a caregiver towards their infants in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM) |
| title | Parent’s confidence level as a
caregiver towards their infants in
neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
(Hospital USM) |
| title_full | Parent’s confidence level as a
caregiver towards their infants in
neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
(Hospital USM) |
| title_fullStr | Parent’s confidence level as a
caregiver towards their infants in
neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
(Hospital USM) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parent’s confidence level as a
caregiver towards their infants in
neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
(Hospital USM) |
| title_short | Parent’s confidence level as a
caregiver towards their infants in
neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
(Hospital USM) |
| title_sort | parent’s confidence level as a
caregiver towards their infants in
neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at
hospital universiti sains malaysia
(hospital usm) |
| topic | R Medicine (General) RJ251-325 Newborn infants Including physiology, care, treatment, diseases |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/56319/ http://eprints.usm.my/56319/1/NUR%20HUSNINA%20ATIQAH%20BINTI%20KAMARUDZAMAN%20-%20e.pdf |