KMID : 1102120170230040494
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Child Health Nursing Research 2017 Volume.23 No. 4 p.494 ~ p.504
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Analysis of Nurses¡¯ Soothing Behaviors in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Focused on Babies with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
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Lee Yu-Nah
Shin Hyun-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurses¡¯ behaviors while soothing newborns with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Methods: An observational study was used to assess nurses¡¯soothing behaviors. Data were collected from September, 2012 to March, 2013 using an audio-video recording system. Participants were eight babies and 12 nurses caring for those babies. After obtaining parental permission, the overall process of each episode from nurses¡¯engagement in soothing to the end of soothing was recorded. Then a researcher interviewed each participating nurse. Data from 18 episodes were transcribed as verbal and nonverbal nursing behaviors and then categorized by two researchers.
Results: There were 177 observed soothing behaviors which were classified with the five sensory-based categories (tactile, oral, visual, auditory, vestibular). Most frequently observed soothing behavior was ¡®Gently talking¡¯ followed by ¡®Removing irritant¡¯, and ¡®Providing non-nutritive sucking¡¯. Nurses¡¯ perceived soothing behaviors were similar to the observed soothing behaviors except for ¡®Gently talking¡¯.
Conclusion: Nurses used diverse and mixed soothing behaviors as well as recognizing those behaviors as essential nursing skills. Nurses¡¯ soothing behaviors identified in this study can be used to comfort babies and to enhance their developmental potential in accordance with individual characterstics or cues.
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KEYWORD
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Nursing care, Newborns, Neonatal intensive care, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Infant care
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