title: [Third stage of the Kangaroo Method converging investigative and care practices with families in outpatient care].
abstract: This study deals with qualitative, Convergent-Care Research whose objectives are to investigate the adaptation process experience of families in this third stage of the Kangaroo Method with premature and/or low weight newborns, to implement a nursing visit in reference to the four adaptive modes of the Roy Theory. The study was developed from October, 2006 to February, 2007 in a University Hospital. The subjects were six mothers, family members, and their babies. Data was collected through Roy's adaptive care process model, using observation techniques and semi-structured interviews. The data analysis process was carried out through apprehension, synthesis, theorization, and transference. The results show the need to strengthen the role of the family in the patient's leave from the hospital and the communication among the interdisciplinary team, as well as to rethink the criteria for releasing in the third stage.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Neonatologia do Hospital Universitário da UFSC, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil. marcia.huufsc@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Márcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borck
authors.forename: Evanguelia Kotzias Atherino
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: dos Santos
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D035843:Biomedical Research; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000592:standards*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017283:Neonatal Nursing