Yenidoğan Yoğun Bakım Ünitesinde Çalışan Hemşire ve Hekimlerin Gelişimsel Bakıma İlişkin Deneyimleri: Nitel Çalışma

Abstract

Objective: This study was carried out to reveal the experiences of nurses and physicians working in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) about developmental care practices. Material and Methods: In this study, the qualitative interpretative approach was adopted. The data were collected in May 2019 through a semi-structured interview form consisting of seven main questions. They were asked in questions including sociodemographic and professional characteristics of the participants. In-depth individual interviews were conducted with a three nurses and two physicians working in a neonatal intensive care unit. The qualitative data obtained were analyzed by the researchers using the content analysis method. Results: Three themes and five subthemes emerged from the data analysis. The three main themes achieved are: (1) working in the NICU (2) developmental care practices (3) establishing and maintaining developmental care in the NICU. Five subthemes are: (1) the known developmental care practices, (2) developmental care practices in the NICU, (3) the benefits of developmental care, (4) difficulties in providing developmental care, (5) different developmental care practices. The findings revealed general views on developmental care practices. Conclusion: Nurses and physicians working in NICU reported their thoughts about developmental care, knowledge and practices, benefits, difficulties in implementation, different practices for developmental care, and difficulties in placing and maintaining this care. As a result of the study, opinions can be made about increasing the awareness of developmental care practices, standardizing the practices, providing training and developing tools for evaluating the practices.