A alta hospitalar de recém-nascidos de uma unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal: percepções maternas

Abstract

This research aimed to understand some parents’ experience on the process of newborns discharge from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as well as to analyze the circumstances of these newborns inclusion in the Basic Care from the perspective of the care progression. Therefore, the present study is qualitative and was carried out considering newborns who were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from March 2011 to February 2012. The data was collected through an analysis of the newborns’ medical records and semi-structured interviews with 45 mothers. Considering the thematic analysis, three categories were identified: The discharge day – and its subcategories: The newborn discharge moment, Evaluation of care and Guidance to home care –, Access to basic care according to mothers’ sense and Prevalence of tertiary health care related to primary care. Hence, the findings revealed parents’ happiness and relief because of their children’s discharge, the acknowledgment on the Unit supply and the importance of communication among the several departments to keep and support the health care.