Understanding the experience of being a father of a pre term newborn interned in a neonatal unit

It is a descriptive, qualitative study that aimed at understanding the experience of being a father of a preterm newborn interned in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). It was accomplished at a public hospital in Fortaleza-Ceará, from November 2004 to January 2005. The subjects of this study wer...

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Main Authors: Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão Cardoso, Kely Cristiane Souto, Márcia Maria Coelho Oliveira
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2006-06-01
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5428
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description It is a descriptive, qualitative study that aimed at understanding the experience of being a father of a preterm newborn interned in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). It was accomplished at a public hospital in Fortaleza-Ceará, from November 2004 to January 2005. The subjects of this study were the fathers of six preterm infants who were interned at the NICU. They were interviewed with the following question: What did you feel when you realized that your child would go to a NICU? From this analysis five categories were emerged: Hopelessness and sadness; Fear; Faith and hope; Impotence and Joy. The fathers experienced the whole process with the predominance of the feelings of fear and hope.
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spelling doaj-art-de49ee007bf54ff4b8733f9bcef28b3d2025-08-21T13:54:52ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832006-06-0173Understanding the experience of being a father of a pre term newborn interned in a neonatal unitMaria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão CardosoKely Cristiane SoutoMárcia Maria Coelho Oliveira It is a descriptive, qualitative study that aimed at understanding the experience of being a father of a preterm newborn interned in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). It was accomplished at a public hospital in Fortaleza-Ceará, from November 2004 to January 2005. The subjects of this study were the fathers of six preterm infants who were interned at the NICU. They were interviewed with the following question: What did you feel when you realized that your child would go to a NICU? From this analysis five categories were emerged: Hopelessness and sadness; Fear; Faith and hope; Impotence and Joy. The fathers experienced the whole process with the predominance of the feelings of fear and hope. https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5428InfantprematureNursing careFather/psychology.
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title Understanding the experience of being a father of a pre term newborn interned in a neonatal unit
title_full Understanding the experience of being a father of a pre term newborn interned in a neonatal unit
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title_short Understanding the experience of being a father of a pre term newborn interned in a neonatal unit
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premature
Nursing care
Father/psychology.
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