The meaning of interaction between nursing professionals and newborns/families in a hospital setting

Abstract

Pinheiro EM, Silva MJP, Ângelo M, Ribeiro CA. The meaning of interaction between nursing professionals and newborns/families in a hospital setting. Rev Latino-am Enfermagem 2008 novembro-dezembro; 16(6):1012-8. This study aimed to understand the meaning of the nursing team's communication with newborns and families during care delivered in a neonatal unit and also to develop a theoretical model. Symbolic Interactionism andHargie's model were used as theoretical and Grounded theory as the methodological reference framework. The study was carried out at the nursery of a hospital in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. The study sample was composed of three nurses and four nursing auxiliaries. The theoretical model Being mediated by the strength of motivation was based on findings and revealed the role the nursing professionals' motivation played during interactions with newborns and families. The conclusion is that more humanized interactions with newborns and familiesresult from the nursing professionals' motivation. Research has showed that an infant's hospitalization process is a stressing experience for parents and that it is very difficult for them to be apart from their child (3)(4) . DESCRIPTORS: communication; newborn; motivation; nursing EL SIGNIFICADO DE LA INTERACCIÓN DE LAS PROFESIONALES DE ENFERMERÍA CON EL RECIÉN NACIDO/FAMILIA DURANTE LA HOSPITALIZACIÓNInterpersonal METHODThe theoretical reference frameworks for this study were Symbolic Interactionism (SI) The methodological reference adopted to guide data collection and analysis was Grounded theory. It aims to describe concepts that emerge from data and interpret the relation between these concepts, allowing for the construction of theoretical models (9) .(Before collecting data, permission from the Research Ethics Committee was obtained and ethical criteria Communicating with the newborn and family describes the professionals' movement towards the family and newborn. When they begin interaction through care, they establish a goal. Moved by their motivation, nurses and auxiliaries perform actions

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