A preterm lifeline: Early discharge programme based on family‐centred care. Issue 4 (20th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brødsgaard, Anne; Zimmermann, Renathe; Petersen, Mette
• Is Part Of: Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing. Volume 20:Issue 4(2015)
• Page Start: 232
• Page End: 243
• Publication Date: 2015-07-20
• Subjects: Pediatric nursing -- Periodicals; Evidence-based nursing -- Periodicals; Evidence-based pediatrics -- Periodicals; 618.9200231
• DOI: 10.1111/jspn.12120
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1539-0136

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="jspn12120-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Purpose</title> <p>To present an Early Discharge Programme model for preterm infants based on family‐centred care, and to describe its impact on the infants and families.</p> </sec> <sec id="jspn12120-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Design and Methods</title> <p>Methods included longitudinal growth assessments of 218 premature infants and a qualitative synthesis of two focus group interviews with 15 parents.</p> </sec> <sec id="jspn12120-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>The main finding was the experience of "parents in control with lifeline to neonatal intensive care unit" based on five syntheses.</p> </sec> <sec id="jspn12120-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Practice Implications</title> <p>An early discharge programme based on family‐centred care has been implemented and integrated into our neonatal intensive care unit that could be implemented by other hospitals.</p> </sec> </abstract>