Caring for parents of critically ill neonates during hospitalization: strategies for health care professionals.
Birth of a child who is critically ill because of prematurity, perinatal problems, or congenital defects precipitates a crisis for the parents. Three major issues which parents must resolve in order to adapt successfully to the crisis are identified and discussed. Phases of the adaptive process are delineated; strategies which health care professionals can utilize to facilitate the parents' adaptation are proposed.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011368:Professional-Family Relations