Experiences of parents whose school ‐aged children were treated with therapeutic hypothermia as newborns: A focus group study

ConclusionTH of their newborns affected the parents psychologically not only during the treatment, but lasted months and years later. Information and communication with health care professionals and school management were inefficient and inadequate. The parents' concerns could be prevented by an improved identification and understanding of the problems and the needs of the infants and their families before discharge.Relevance for Clinical PracticeThrough more personalized and efficient preparation and communication by the nursing staff before discharge, many of the parents' worries and problems could be reduced. Check-up of parents' needs of psychosocial support before and after discharge and offering counselling should become routine. Also, nurses at Well-Baby Clinics and in school health care should receive knowledge about TH treatment and the challenges the children and the parents experience.Patient or Public ContributionParticipation of parents was limited to the data provided through interviews.
Source: Nursing Open - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH QUALITATIVE Source Type: research