Individualized Developmental Care Practices of Nurses Working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Qualitative Study

Year 2024, , 35 - 45, 28.03.2024

Müjde Çalıkuşu İncekar , Eda Çeçen , Vesile Kantaş Kazmacı , Melek Selalmaz , Nehir Ulu Ogut

https://doi.org/10.31125/hunhemsire.1248470

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to identify and compare neonatal intensive care nurses who received training in individualized developmental care practices with nurses who did not.
Material and Methods: This study was conducted with a qualitative design in the third-level neonatal intensive care units of two tertiary hospitals. Seven nurses from each hospital participated in the study. A semi-structured interview form was used. The interviews were recorded with a voice recorder and then transferred to a computer. Content analysis was used to analyze the interview data.
Results: Seven themes, 14 sub-themes, and 78 codes were created for the nurses who received training, and 7 themes, 13 sub-themes, and 30 codes were created for the nurses who did not receive training. Since the themes of the two groups were common, the results of the two groups were compared and discussed.
Conclusion: It was found that nurses who received training in individualized developmental care approached the newborn and family more holistically, planned, implemented, and evaluated their care more comprehensively than the nurses who did not receive training.

Keywords

developmental care, neonatal intensive care, newborn, nursing

Supporting Institution

YOKTUR.

Project Number

YOKTUR.

Thanks

The researchers thank the nurses who participated in the research.

Yenidoğan Yoğun Bakım Ünitelerinde Çalışan Hemşirelerin Bireyselleştirilmiş Gelişimsel Bakım Uygulamaları: Nitel Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, bireyselleştirilmiş gelişimsel bakım uygulamalarına yönelik eğitim alan yenidoğan yoğun bakım hemşireleri ile eğitim almayan hemşirelerin bakım uygulamalarını belirlemek ve karşılaştırmaktır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışma, iki üçüncü basamak hastanenin üçüncü düzey Yenidoğan Yoğun Bakım Ünitelerinde nitel tasarımda yapılmıştır. Yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu kullanılmıştır. Görüşmeler ses kayıt cihazına ve ardından bilgisayara kaydedilmiştir. Görüşme verilerinin analizinde içerik analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Eğitim alan hemşireler için yedi tema, 14 alt tema ve 78 kod oluşturulmuştur. Eğitim almayan hemşireler için yedi tema, 13 alt tema ve 30 kod oluşturulmuştur. İki grubun temaları ortak olduğu için iki grubun bulguları karşılaştırıldı ve tartışıldı.
Sonuç: Bireyselleştirilmiş gelişimsel bakım eğitimi alan hemşirelerin, eğitim almayan hemşirelere göre bebek ve aileye daha bütüncül yaklaştığı, bakımı planladığı, uyguladığı ve daha kapsamlı değerlendirdiği belirlendi.

Keywords

gelişimsel bakım, hemşirelik, yenidoğan, yenidoğan yoğun bakım

Project Number

YOKTUR.

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