[Perceptions of nulliparous women about prematurity].
This study was made in a neonatal intensive care unit in a school hospital at Porto Alegre/RS, trying to identify the reactions of nuliparous mothers about prematurity. Ten (10) interviews with mothers of premature infants was made. The most commonly reactions were: fear, guilty, anxiety, negation, angry and depression. The mother's feeling about the team, are also observed, and classified in: positive (tranquility, safety, trust, regardless) and negative (doubt, indifference, guilty, envy and fear). A plane of nursing care was made to mothers of premature infants in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), with the objective of humanization and improving the assistance.
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Centro de Neonatologia da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000592:standards; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires