IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/nuhsci/v21y2019i3p336-344.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Experience of neonatal intensive care unit nurses in providing developmentally‐supportive care: A qualitative study

Author

Listed:
  • Betina Austin
  • Charlene Downing
  • Marie Hastings‐Tolsma

Abstract

Many challenges have been noted in the implementation of developmentally‐supportive care principles in neonatal intensive care units, despite evidence that adhering to such care principles achieves positive results for the neonate. The aim of this study was to explore and describe compliance in adhering to developmentally‐supportive care principles implemented in one neonatal intensive care unit in South Africa. An exploratory design was used in this qualitative study with purposive sampling to select eligible neonatal intensive care registered nurses (n = 14) as participants. Participants all worked in a 10 bed neonatal intensive care unit at a large tertiary care public hospital. Six audio‐recorded interviews were conducted, with recordings subsequently transcribed and analyzed. Three main themes were identified: value of developmentally‐supportive care, nature of developmentally‐supportive care, and barriers to developmentally‐supportive care. One of the main themes had subthemes, which substantiated the findings, and included parent involvement, nurse engagement, and holistic care. Study outcomes offer insight into the development or revision of policies and practices, which are crucial when implementing developmentally‐supportive care, particularly in resource‐poor settings where challenges are magnified.

Suggested Citation

  • Betina Austin & Charlene Downing & Marie Hastings‐Tolsma, 2019. "Experience of neonatal intensive care unit nurses in providing developmentally‐supportive care: A qualitative study," Nursing & Health Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 21(3), pages 336-344, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:nuhsci:v:21:y:2019:i:3:p:336-344
    DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12603
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12603
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/nhs.12603?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:nuhsci:v:21:y:2019:i:3:p:336-344. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://doi.org/10.1111/(ISSN)1442-2018 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.