Abstract

This study grounded in narrative perspectives was conducted to uncover mothers' experience of having a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The purpose of this study was to describe and interpret mothers NICU experiences, and to sensitize health care professionals about the importance of mothers' personal experience stories. The NICU experience began with mothers' birth experience or the incident that led up to her infant requiring care in the NICU and her experience extended beyond the NICU with future concerns about the health and wellbeing of her baby.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3367164; ProQuest document ID: 305001078. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Angela C. Blackburn, PhD, ARNP, NNP-BC

Sigma Membership

Upsilon Kappa

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

NICU Mothers, Motherhood Experience, At-risk Infants

Advisor

Karen Saucier Lundy

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

The University of Southern Mississippi

Degree Year

2009

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2020-02-20

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