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Infants and parents are biologically tuned to become attached to each other and this attachment promotes the baby's survival. In the United States, Kangaroo cares a method of skin to skin, contact in which a newborn has lied face down between the mother's breast for an hour or so at a time after birth. In Africa, the baby is raised in a caring family atmosphere where there is an extended family to take care of the babies. The mother caries baby on her back while working and spends time taking and playing with the baby. In Mongolia, the mother gets very less time to spend with the baby as she has to run errands and most of the times she has to work away from the baby. The social interaction is only during a family get-together for the baby. In America and Japan, the babies are taken to the park, shopping malls and the music classes for them to be social also the grandparents visit them often. The babies living in the countryside and tribe have less strange anxiety than children in the city like Tokyo and San Francisco. Secure attachment is when faced with a stressful situation and the caregiver effectively comforts the

Mothers and newborns have a physiologic need to be together during the first moment of birth. Interrupted skin-to-skin attachment between mothers and babies can be harmful and can negatively impact short and long term health outcomes and breastfeeding success. Evidence supports instant skin-to-skin care after the birth, vaginally and C-section, during and after cesarean surgery for all stable mothers and newborns will enhance limitless opportunities for care and breastfeeding. Skin-to-skin contact after delivery is golden opportunity. Many studies validate that mothers and babies should be skin-to-skin promptly after birth. Not only promotes healthier baby and successful breastfeeding outcome, it is also

Special care and attention must be given to infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) because of their small size and the health complications they face. One particular challenge faced by health care professionals in the NICU is the management of pain for preterm babies. Preterm infants must undergo a wide range of tests, procedures, and, often, life-saving measures during their hospitalizations, which not only subjects them to pain, but pain-related stress and anxiety. This has an impact on the infants themselves, as well as on the family members and friends who are involved in their care (Smith, Steelfisher, Salhi, & Shen, 2012). The purpose of this paper is to examine the problem of pain management among preterm NICU patients and propose the implementation of kangaroo care as a pain management technique.

closeness with her newborn” (United Sates 3). With all of these proven health benefits, there is

A PICOT question is formulated in order to assist the researcher in obtaining answers to a specific question, decreases the uncertainty surrounding the issue, and provides a systematic approach to achieve an answer (Melnyk, & Fineout-Overhold, 2013). The authors find that each component of the PICOT question drives the next step of the evidence based practice process. First, a specific population must be determined by controlling the group to a certain age range or special sub-group. By compiling a specific group the clinician is more likely to formulate better evidence to support the issue. Next, an intervention is introduced and can be a therapy, test, disease process, etc. The authors conclude that, “the more specifically the intervention or issue of interest is defined, the more focused the search will be” (p.29). Then, a comparison group is added, but only necessary if completing a quantitative study. Lastly, an outcome is determined of which the study will reveal by a given time period.

The amount of care a newborn child needs is immense, in some cases this is like a full-time job. Parents who are not able to give this nurturing to their child negatively affect the overall well-being of the child. Most emotional and psychological problems arise from the way a child was taken care of from birth all the way through adolescence. However, not every pregnant woman is able to provide for her child due to finances, relationship stability, age, living conditions or

Group members are struggling with the many facets of having a NICU baby. This session will deal with some of the very common issues. Parents of NICU babies are often worried about how slowly their child may be progressing in comparison to other babies. This session the group will work through some of those progressions and regressions and help the parents to cope with this. Parents are sitting in the NICU for hours, watching other babies do things that their baby is not doing. However, this session will help show the parents that they are all doing this. Every parent in the group has likely been the parent on either end of that frustration/joy. Regression can be hard for parents and does happen often during a NICU stay. Group members may show some reluctant to talk about their child’s set-backs. They may be discouraged by them. Parents have a strong desire to know when their child will be discharged from the hospital. This can cause them to become upset when that does not happen (Pepler et. Al, 2012).

The study identifies several studies that focus on variables, but none that fulfil the whole sample criteria. Finding a gap in previous research is justification for the study (Polit & Tatano Beck, 2006). The literature review states studies that cite that operative delivery is associated with bonding difficulties (Rowe- Murray & Fisher, 2001), vaginally delivered women had more positive perceptions (Fawcett et al.,2007), women who had a high level of obstetric intervention were more likely to have trauma symptoms (Creedy et al., 2001), and birth experience affects postpartum development (Stadmayr et al., 2004). To summarise the cited literature, women that have a caesarean section or instrumental delivery are more likely to suffer from feelings of ill health and difficulty in parental transition. This is a limitation of the research. As these are proven factors, including them in the criteria for participant selection could discredit the study as they are already well known implications without the phenomena of prolonged labour. In addition to this, the same researchers had previously devised a case referent study investigating negative birth experiences following prolonged labour (Nysted et al., 2005). This is not disclosed or referred to within this study. A study should describe how it enhances existing knowledge (Holloway & Wheeler, 2002). As the findings of

69-70), the first important thing for her is to avoid the consumption of alcohol, smoking, and drugs. She will need to follow a healthy diet that includes folic acid which is “vital to prenatal development” (p.74). Furthermore, she will need to avoid stress, anxiety and keep a stable mental health. There are several effective ways to care for LBW babies, as stated by Boyd, Johnson & Bee (2018), at birth LBW babies might not be able to suck and be breastfed by their mothers and doctors may use intravenous feeding or insert a tube in the esophagus or stomach to help the baby get the nutrients they he/she needs. Parents response to the LBW baby is crucial and may contribute to how fast the baby develops. The Kangaroo care or skin-to-skin is another way to help LBW babies develop by letting parents hold them for long times (pp. 102-103). Women should abstain completely from smoking and drinking throughout the pregnancy, the most critical period is the first

The concept of infant-mother attachment is as important to the child as the birth itself. The effect this relationship has on a child shall affect that child for its entire life. A secure attachment to the mother or a primary caregiver is imperative for a child’s development. Ainsworth’s study shows that a mother is responsive to her infant’s behavioral cues which will develop into a strong infant-mother attachment. This will result in a child who can easily, without stress, be separated from his mother and without any anxiety. Of course the study shows a child with a weak infant-mother relationship will lead to mistrust, anxiety, and will never really be that close with the mother. Without the

Kangaroo care is "a form of newborn care in which mothers (and sometimes fathers) rest their babies on their naked chest..." (Berger

The nurse must be mindful of each intervention initiated and the possible benefits of the intervention against its potential harmful effects for both mother and fetus. Not providing basic comfort measures for the mother can cause serious physical and emotional problems and could lead to possible fatigue and feelings of failure from the mother. The priority of this nursing intervention is to provide the mother and fetus with the least discomfort as possible and

Evidence has even suggested that skin-to-skin contact between a mother a newborn child is the best way to provide comfort and changes the discomforting environment into one that is profoundly comforting (Ludington, 2015). This contact between mother and child can help in the infant’s physiologic realm, stress reduction of the infant, enhance the early maternal-infant bonding after a cesarean delivery, and improve the outcome of an opioid dependent infant.

In people, routine mother-infant partition not long after birth is extraordinary to the twentieth century. This practice wanders from transformative history, where neonatal survival relied on upon close and for all intents and purposes constant maternal contact. In spite of the fact that from a developmental point of view skin-to-skin contact (SSC) is the standard, isolating the infant from its mom not long after birth has now gotten to be normal practice in many industrialized social orders (Moore, et al., 2012). Skin-to-skin contact is characterized as the holding of the infant stripped in an inclined position against the mother 's uncovered mid-section between bosoms while uncovered side/back of the baby secured by covers or towels. This activity is likewise named and known as Kangaroo Mother Mind (Venancio and Almeida, 2010).

The Importance of the Presence of the Mother During the First Three Years Organized by Sheila Kippley (February 28, 2005)