The
premature infant is the baby born before the 37th gestational week. Premature
infants born before they can complete their development bring many health
problems in addition to prematurity. Premature infants have more heat loss from
their body surfaces, skin is thin, absorption reflexes are not developed, and
they cannot provide sufficient gas exchange with their lungs. As a result of
these health problems, premature infant are supported in neonatal intensive
care units (NICU). In order to minimize the negative conditions of the NICU and
to support the health and comfort of the infant at the highest level, the
Individualized Developmental Care (IDC) ’model was developed. One of the
principles of the individualized developmental care model is collective care.
Clustered care refers to the care practices that premature infants require in
the NICUs, rather than giving them to the same care hour rather than spreading
over time. Clustered care has positive effects such as decreasing oxygen demand
in premature infants, decreasing stress reactions, increasing comfort level
with decreasing stress, decreasing the frequency of apnea, decreasing energy
consumption and increasing weight gain, and affecting physiological, sensory,
mental, emotional and social development positively. Nurses working in the NICU
are required to provide clustered care to premature infants within the scope of
IDC in line with their nursing roles. Practices such as regulation of
nutrition, fulfillment of hygiene requirements, providing therapeutic position,
mother-infant attachment, pain and stress management, touch control, and
regulation of unit conditions are among the nursing initiatives within the
extend of clustered care. This study is thought to be useful to explain the
concept of clustered care to nurses who care for premature infants supported in
the NICU.
Giriş:
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Health Care Administration |
Journal Section | Derlemeler |
Authors | |
Publication Date | December 26, 2019 |
Submission Date | November 15, 2019 |
Acceptance Date | December 9, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 1 Issue: 1 |
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