Parent satisfaction with early parenting residential services: a telephone interview study

Working with complexity: experiences of caring for mothers seeking residential parenting services in New South Wales, Australia

“…Primary carers, usually the mother, of infants and young children can access these services for a residential overnight inpatient admission to gain intervention and support for parenting problems and concerns (Fowler et al . ,b). These services provide a referral pathway for the main carers who are experiencing parenting difficulties with their otherwise well infants or young children, requiring a short‐term admission to a RPS (Hanna & Rolls , Don et al .…”

“…On admission, infant‐related problems are regularly identified as an outcome of maternal (paternal) knowledge and skills deficits, or maternal mental health concerns including distress, depression and anxiety (Rowe & Fisher , Fowler et al . ,b).…”

“…The nurses take the overall responsibility for the admission with the physician role limited to identification or elimination of any physical illness in the infant, or if referred by the nurses, assessment of the mental state of the parent (usually the mother) (Fowler et al . ,b). Over the past two decades, the nurses have worked to reshape the nursing models of care to be strengths and relationship‐based, enabling the nurse to work collaboratively with parents and families (Fowler et al .…”

“…Over the past two decades, the nurses have worked to reshape the nursing models of care to be strengths and relationship‐based, enabling the nurse to work collaboratively with parents and families (Fowler et al . ,b). This was an important clinical practice shift moving from an expert model of nursing practice to a more relational based model (Fowler et al .…”

“…This was an important clinical practice shift moving from an expert model of nursing practice to a more relational based model (Fowler et al . ,b).…”