Parent’s confidence level as a caregiver towards their infants in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM).

Parent’s confidence level as a caregiver towards their infants in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM).

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dc.contributor.author	Nur Husnina Atiqah, Kamarudzaman
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-15T07:18:23Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-15T07:18:23Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	Admission of infant into Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) interrupts the attachment process of parents and their baby. The opportunity for parents to give care to their infant will be limited as their infant need intensive care from the nurse to overcome their health problem. As the result, it will affect the confidence level of parents to handle the infant. The purpose of this study is to identify parent’s level of confidence during performing infant care (medication administration, bathing, holding, feeding regimens, monitoring devices and recognizing changes in the infant’s health status) prior discharge from NICU at Hospital USM. A convenience sample of 42 parents that have infants admitted into NICU at Hospital USM were included in the study. Data was collected using sociodemographic data and 38 items of Transition Questionnaire (Kenner, 1994). The test results revealed there were no association between educational level and parents confidence level with p 0.05 (p = 0.364). Also, analysis of association between psychosocial status and parents’ confidence revealed no statistical difference (p> 0.05). This study suggested that nurses working in neonatal intensive care units need to construct nursing care around the parents especially for mother- infant bonding, with roles and responsibilities that incorporate support of increase the confidence level of parents to handle their infant that admit to NICU.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/17223
dc.publisher	Pusat Pengajian Sain Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia	en_US
dc.subject	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)	en_US
dc.title	Parent’s confidence level as a caregiver towards their infants in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM).	en_US
dc.type	Other	en_US

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