Abstract
The purpose of this descriptive study was to describe parental responses to caring for infants in the home following their infant's discharge from the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The study's methodological design was naturalistic inquiry. Data were collected via tape recordings during home visits (weeks one and four after discharge) to ten families. Data were analyzed for themes, patterns, and categories. Five mutually exclusive categories emerged: (1) Informational Needs; (2) Anticipatory Grief; (3) Parent-Child Development; (4) Stress and Coping; and (5) Social Support. These five concepts provide the foundation of a beginning theoretical framework to help understand the parental perceptions and concerns regarding the phenomenon of parent transition from the NICU to home.
Sigma Membership
Delta Nu
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Phenomenology
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Families & Family Life, Parental Experience, Newborn Intensive Care Unit
Advisor
Elizabeth Choi
Degree
Doctoral-Other
Degree Grantor
Indiana University
Degree Year
1988
Recommended Citation
Kenner, Carole Ann, "Parent transition from the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) to home" (2019). Dissertations. 1554.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1554
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None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-03-01
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 8822136; ProQuest document ID: 303696965. The author still retains copyright.