title: [Neonatal intensive care units make new practices possible in the care of newborns].
abstract: This is a qualitative research with a socio-historical approach. It aims to understand how practices of care to the newborn were established in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Florianopolis, Brazil, in the 1980's. The study's context was the Child's Hospital Joana de Gusmão. Interviewed for this research were health professionals that had a role in the NICU implementation. The analysis of the data was performed using Foucault's genealogical method. Four discursive groups were identified: Many children had gains with that; We learned how to care for newborns; A more scientific view of care was lacking; Sensible, humanized and individualized care. The establishment of a specific unit directed to newborns resulted in a reduction in neonatal morbimortality and in the acquisition of scientific knowledge. The health professionals' speeches show that, since the beginning of the NICU, there was a concern with the sensible, humanized and individualized care of the newborn.
authors: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal do Hospital Universitário da UFSC, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil. robertanfr@hotmail.com
authors: Roberta
authors: R
authors: Costa
authors: Maria Itayra
authors: MI
authors: Padilha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D007858:Learning; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D057285:Precision Medicine; D036301:Qualitative Research; D058996:Quality Improvement