Nicu Nursing Theory

The purpose of this paper is to explore the source of single mothers’ stress when one has an infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and to offer recommendations for implementations to decrease maternal rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety, and to improve the alliance between NICU staff and single mothers. By using triangulation, a method that researchers use for corroborating their data and interpretations using two or more alternate sources, a comprehensive understanding of NICU’s maternal stress will be achieved as surveys, policy statements, and multiple scholarly journals were accessed (Arat). Applying the Grounded Theory to reinforce Comprehensive Family Support in the NICU, researchers are directed …show more content…
The western culture concept of Family-centered care is underpinned by effective and appropriate information, support, and communication, in which nurses, physicians, medical teams, etc. contribute to the conversation about the patient’s condition exhaustively with parents, and that parents address their concerns regarding the care and health of their infant with NICU’s staff (Staniszewska). Often, the key concepts of family-centered care— communication, information, and support— are prominent when working in collaboration with other implementations or programs, such as the POPPY project, or Parents of Premature Babies Project …show more content…
“Stress” will pertain to the obstacles that single mothers may encounter while their infant is in the NICU, such as deficient coping skills, sights and sounds of the NICU, lack of social supports, the inability to understand medical terminology, etc. ADD SOMETHING. The single mothers’ “wellbeing” will refer to the social support and supportive systems that allow the mothers to continue performing a care taking role towards themselves and their infant— such as a present family, adequate financial assistance, or access to community resources, including supportive NICU