Living with difference: caring for a premature baby at home.
This grounded theory study explores the experience of caring for a premature baby following discharge from hospital. The idea for the study arose from our nursing practice with new parents. Seven participants from one region contributed to the development of a substantive theory, which we named "Living with Difference: Caring for a premature baby at home". The participants were convinced that their experience was different from that of mothers of full-term babies. The women articulated the areas of difference as being: needing and receiving support; developing confidence; feeling guilty, and experiencing smallness. The results from this study will contribute to a body of knowledge which will inform future family and child health practice.
Tasmanian School of Nursing, University of Tasmania.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care / Q000523:psychology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D015399:Nursing Research; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012938:Social Perception; D012944:Social Support