ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe the process of construction and validation of an educational booklet to promote bonding between mothers and newborns in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Methods: methodological study developed through data collection in the literature and with the target audience; construction of the booklet; qualification of the material through validation by judges (health and communication exp...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Venipuncture is considered a painful procedure, often performed in the neonatal intensive care unit. The objective of this study is to describe the behavioral and physiological responses of newborns undergoing venipuncture, with and without the use of non-pharmacological measures for the relief of pain. METHODS: A total of 84 newborns participated in this research. It was obs...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the experience of motherhood during the hospitalization period of the newborn in a neonatal intensive care unit. Method: a descriptive and exploratory research, with a qualitative approach, based on the Maternal Role Attainment Theory. A semi-structured interview was conducted in June 2018 with 23 mothers of newborns in a neonatal therapy unit of a public teaching hospital in the...