Abstract

VILLAMIZAR CARVAJAL, Beatriz; VARGAS PORRAS, Carolina  and  RUEDA NIEVES, Eugenia. MOTHERS DISCOVERING THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IN THE ADAPTIVE PROCESS OF THE HOSPITALIZATION OF YOUR PREMATURE INFANT. Rev Cuid [online]. 2014, vol.5, n.2, pp.782-791. ISSN 2216-0973.  https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v5i2.93.

Introduction: Preterm birth has a social and emotional impact on the family, therefore, nursing is challenged to explore and elaborate on the various experiences; to propose interventions that promote maternal role performance. Objective: To describe the results of a meta-study of the experiences of mothers in the NICU. Materials and Methods: The meta-study involves three analytical steps: analysis metadata, meta-method, meta-theory, considered in light of the historical, sociocultural and disciplinary context. The search was conducted in: CINAHL, Medline, PsycINFO, Dissertation Abstracts. Results: 26 studies from 13 countries published in English, Portuguese and Spanish (in the years 2001-2013) were included. Categorical expressions that emerge from this research are loss of self-control; experiencing pain; seeking meaning to events; adapting to the situation; acquiring the maternal role and finding unconditional love. Discussion: The meta-analysis allowed critical information to guide research in a context of systematic patterns, with the construction of an alternative approach to the traditional exchange of loss and suffering to the rediscovery from the positive and transformative vision. Conclusions: Recognizing the emotional burden of mothers of preterm infants requires the health care team to intervene and devise support strategies to make the process less painful hospitalization of their children. Therefore, humanized care in the NICU, should focus its actions in individual care, singular, in the integrity and respect for life.

Keywords : Parenting; Infant Premature; Neonatal Nursing.

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