Bundle to care for newborn children of mothers with suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 / Bundle para el cuidado de hijos recién nacidos de madres con sospechado o diagnóstico confirmado por COVID-19 / Bundle para atendimento de recém-nascidos filhos de mães com suspeita ou diagnóstico confirmado de Covid-19

ABSTRACT Objective To build and validate the contents of a bundle for the care of newborn children of mothers with suspected or confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 in the delivery room and in the rooming-in care. Method Methodological research, developed in 2020 in three stages: bibliographic survey, construction of the instrument in Google Forms® and content validation by seven judges. The initial instrument consisted of seven nursing care. The content validity index above 80% was used to assess the agreement between the judges. Results All items in the bundle reached agreement among judges above 80% after the third round of evaluation. The final version consisted of six items. Conclusion This study allowed the construction and content validation of the proposed bundle. The content proved to be valid and may contribute to the quality of nursing care in the face of the care of these newborns.

RESUMEN Objetivo Construir y validar el contenido de un bundle para cuidar a los recién nacidos de madres con diagnóstico sospechado o confirmado de COVID-19 en la sala de partos y alojamiento conjunto. Método Investigación metodológica, desarrollada en 2020 en tres etapas: levantamiento bibliográfico, construcción del instrumento en Google Forms® y validación de contenido por siete jueces. El instrumento inicial consistió en siete cuidados de enfermería. El índice de validez de contenido superior al 80% se utilizó para evaluar la concordancia entre los jueces. Resultados Todos los elementos del bundle llegaron a un acuerdo entre los jueces por encima del 80% después de la tercera ronda de evaluación. La versión final constaba de seis ítems. Conclusión Este estudio permitió la construcción y validación de contenido del bundle propuesto. El contenido demostró ser válido y puede contribuir a la calidad de la atención de enfermería frente al cuidado de estos recién nacidos.

RESUMO Objetivo Construir e validar o conteúdo de um bundle para atendimento de recém-nascidos filhos de mães com suspeita ou diagnóstico confirmado de COVID-19 na sala de parto e no alojamento conjunto. Método Pesquisa metodológica, desenvolvida no ano de 2020, em três etapas: levantamento bibliográfico, construção do instrumento no Google Formulários® e validação de conteúdo por sete juízes. O instrumento inicial foi composto por sete cuidados de Enfermagem. O Índice de Validade de Conteúdo acima de 80% foi utilizado para avaliar a concordância entre os juízes. Resultados Todos os itens do bundle alcançaram concordância entre os juízes acima de 80% após a terceira rodada de avaliação. A versão final foi composta por seis itens. Conclusão Este estudo permitiu a construção e a validação de conteúdo do bundle proposto. O conteúdo demonstrou-se válido e poderá contribuir para a qualidade da assistência de Enfermagem frente ao atendimento desses recém-nascidos.

Percepções de puérperas acerca do cuidado de enfermagem recebido no pós-parto imediato / Perceptions of puerperas about nursing care received in the immediate post-breastfeeding / Percepciones de puerperas acerca del cuidado de enfermería recibido en lo post-parto inmediato

Objetivo: Conhecer as percepções de puérperas acerca do cuidado de enfermagem durante o pós-parto imediato. Métodos: Estudo descritivo, qualitativo, realizado no alojamento conjunto de um hospital público de Fortaleza-CE de junho a agosto de 2013. Participaram 25 puérperas por meio de entrevista semiestruturada. Da análise de conteúdo dos dados emergiram duas categorias. O estudo foi aprovado com o parecer n.314.363. Resultados: Os cuidados de enfermagem apresentaram conotações positivas e negativas, sendo as primeiras salientadas pelas puérperas e traduzidas pelo reforço à autonomia no cuidado de si e do bebê. Como ponto negativo, salientou-se a estrutura precária do alojamento conjunto. Conclusão: Apesar do cuidado de enfermagem ter sido considerado satisfatório, observa-se a necessidade de mudanças na assistência e estrutura/ organização do serviço, para que seja possível prestar um cuidado integral às puérperas e bebês

Objective: To understand the perceptions of mothers about the nursing care during immediate postpartum period. Methods: Descriptive and qualitative study developed in a rooming-in care of a public hospital in Fortaleza/CE from June to August 2013. 25 mothers participated through semi-structured interview. From the content analysis of the datarevealed two categories. The study was approved opinion n 314363. Results: Nursing care had positive and negative connotations, the first one highlighted by the women and translated by the autonomy reinforcement in self-care and baby care. The precarious structure of the rooming-in care was cited as a negative aspect.Conclusion: Despite the nursing care was considered satisfactory, changes in the care management and structure/organization of the service are necessary. So, it will be possible to provide an integral for mothers and babies

Objetivo: Conocerlas percepciones de madres sobre cuidados de enfermeríaen el postparto inmediato.Métodos:Estudio cualitativo,descriptivo, desarollado enel alojamiento conjuntode un hospital públicoenFortaleza/CE, de junio a agosto de 2013.Participó25madres através deentrevista semiestructurada.El análisis de contenido de los datosemergieron dos categorías. El estudio fue aprobado con la opinión Nº 314.363. Resultado: Cuidados de enfermeríateníaconnotaciones positivas y negativas, laprimerade relieve porlasmujeresy traducido porel fortalecimiento de laautonomía enel cuidado personaly el bebé. El lado negativodestacó laestructuraprecaria delalojamiento conjunto. Conclusión:Aunquelos cuidados de enfermeríase consideró satisfactoria, existe la necesidad de cambios enel cuidado y laestructura/organización del servicio. Así, se puede proporcionar unaatención integralpara las madresy los bebés

Early Treatment Innovation for Opioid-Dependent Newborns: A Retrospective Comparison of Outcomes, Utilization, Quality, and Safety, 2006-2014.

BACKGROUND: Few coordinated treatment programs address the needs of infants and families struggling with the effects of substance use. In 2003 a large Southeastern regional hospital launched the Managing Abstinence in Newborns (MAiN) program, providing multidisciplinary, coordinated, community-based care for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). A hypothesis-generating study was conducted to compare the outcomes of MAiN infants to comparable NAS infants receiving traditional care from 2006 through 2014 in South Carolina. METHODS: De-identified sociodemographic and clinical data on MAiN infants, as well as NAS infants not treated with MAiN, were obtained from South Carolina statewide databases. Study measures included medical and safety outcomes, health services utilization, child protective services involvement, emergency services utilization, and inpatient readmissions. RESULTS: Some 110 infants were identified who received the MAiN intervention and 356 NAS infants, also in South Carolina, who were potentially MAiN eligible. Overall, there were no significant differences in the two groups regarding medical or safety outcomes or child protective services involvement. Traditional care NAS infants were more likely to be treated in a higher-level nursery (68.8% vs. 0%). MAiN infants had $8,204 less per birth in median charges (p <0.001) than the traditional care NAS infants. MAiN infants also had a lower percentage of ED visits (p = 0.01) assessed as possibly or likely NAS related compared to traditional care NAS infants. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates the potential value of implementing the MAiN model in eligible NAS infants. With no difference in medical and safety outcomes and a significant reduction in charges, the MAiN model can be considered safe and cost-effective.

A statewide review of postnatal care in private hospitals in Victoria, Australia.

BACKGROUND: Concerns have been raised in Australia and internationally regarding the quality and effectiveness of hospital postnatal care, although Australian women receiving postnatal care in the private maternity sector rate their satisfaction with care more highly than women receiving public maternity care. In Victoria, Australia, two-thirds of women receive their maternity care in the public sector and the remainder in private health care sector. A statewide review of public hospital postnatal care in Victoria from the perspective of care providers found many barriers to care provision including the busyness of postnatal wards, inadequate staffing and priority being given to other episodes of care; however the study did not include private hospitals. The aim of this study was replicate the review in the private sector, to explore the structure and organisation of postnatal care in private hospitals and identify those aspects of care potentially impacting on women's experiences and maternal and infant care. This provides a more complete overview of the organisational structures and processes in postnatal care in all Victorian hospitals from the perspective of care providers. METHODS: A mixed method design was used. A structured postal survey was sent to all Victorian private hospitals (n = 19) and key informant interviews were undertaken with selected clinical midwives, maternity unit managers and obstetricians (n = 11). Survey data were analysed using descriptive statistics and interview data analysed thematically. RESULTS: Private hospital care providers report that postnatal care is provided in very busy environments, and that meeting the aims of postnatal care (breastfeeding support, education of parents and facilitating rest and recovery for women following birth) was difficult in the context of increased acuity of postnatal care; prioritising of other areas over postnatal care; high midwife-to-woman ratios; and the number and frequency of visitors. These findings were similar to the public review. Organisational differences in postnatal care were found between the two sectors: private hospitals are more likely to have a separate postnatal care unit with single rooms and can accommodate partners' over-night; very few have a policy of infant rooming-in; and most have well-baby nurseries. Private hospitals are also more likely to employ staff other than midwives, have fewer core postnatal staff and have a greater dependence on casual and bank staff to provide postnatal care. CONCLUSIONS: There are similarities and differences in the organisation and provision of private postnatal care compared to postnatal care in public hospitals. Key differences between the two sectors relate to the organisational and aesthetic aspects of service provision rather than the delivery of postnatal care. The key messages emerging from both reviews is the need to review and monitor the adequacy of staffing levels and to develop alternative approaches to postnatal care to improve this episode of care for women and care providers alike. We also recommend further research to provide a greater evidence-base for postnatal care provision.

[Role of the nurse and midwife in educating parents of neonates treated at intensive care units]. / Rola edukacyjna pielegniarek i poloznych wobec rodziców noworodków przebywajacych na intensywnej terapii.

INTRODUCTION: Health education is an important element in the therapeutic process of every patient. If the patient is a neonate at an intensive care unit (ICU), the parents or legal guardians become the object of education. Knowledge and skills learned by parents at neonatal ICUs are later reflected in the quality of their childcare. The nursing and midwifery staff at ICUs plays an important role in the process of parental education. The aim of this study was to define educational needs of parents of neonates in intensive care and the impact of education on future parental childcare skills. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We used the diagnostic poll method and the research tool was a questionnaire, which was addressed to parents of neonates treated at the neonatal intensive care unit of the Second University Hospital and the SPSZOZ Zdroje Hospital in Szczecin. The study was carried out in December-January of 2004/2005 and the group comprised 53 persons. The results were subjected to mathematical analysis. CONCLUSIONS: The following conclusions were drawn: (1) As all the parents wished to stay with their children at the neonatal ICU, special facilities for this purpose should be created at hospitals possessing such units. (2) Parents of neonates weighing more than 1000 g reported that their need to help their children was satisfied through participation in diagnostic, therapeutic, and nursing activities, which also gave them a sense of proximity with their offspring. extremely low birthweight to participate in the therapeutic process. (3) Parents expected to be taught by nurses and midwives and were interested in the activities of support groups. (4) Participation by parents in nursing activities is of importance for their unassisted childcare exercised later at home.

Parent bed spaces in the PICU: effect on parental stress.

The purpose of this comparative descriptive study was to identify the impact of providing a parent bed space in the PICU, allowing for continual parental presence, on stress of the parents of critically ill children. Data were collected from parents (n = 86) at two children's hospitals 3 months prior to the opening of new PICUs with parent bed spaces. Following a transition period, data were collected from a sample of parents (n = 92) who had used the parent bed to stay overnight with their child. Parental stress was measured with the Parental Stressor Scale: Pediatric Intensive Care (PSS: PICU). Stress scores were significantly lower (p = .02) for parents who utilized the parent beds in the new PICUs. New PICU environments that facilitate continual parental presence may reduce parental stress related to a child's hospitalization.

Perinatal nursing education for single-room maternity care: an evaluation of a competency-based model.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the success of a competency-based nursing orientation programme for a single-room maternity care unit by measuring improvement in self-reported competency after six months. BACKGROUND: Single-room maternity care has challenged obstetrical nurses to provide comprehensive nursing care during all phases of the in-hospital birth experience. In this model, nurses provide intrapartum, postpartum and newborn care in one room. To date, an evaluation of nursing education for single-room maternity care has not been published. DESIGN: A prospective cohort design comparing self-reported competencies prior to starting work in the single-room maternity care and six months after. METHODS: Nurses completed a competency-based education programme in which they could select from a menu of learning methods and content areas according to their individual needs. Learning methods included classroom lectures, self-paced learning packages, and preceptorships in the clinical area. Competencies were measured by a standardized perinatal self-efficacy tool and a tool developed by the authors for this study, the Single-Room Maternity Care Competency Tool. A paired analysis was undertaken to take into account the paired (before and after) nature of the design. RESULTS: Scores on the perinatal self-efficacy scale and the single-room maternity care competency tool were improved. These differences were statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Improvements in perinatal and single-room maternity care-specific competencies suggest that our education programme was successful in preparing nurses for their new role in the single-room maternity care setting. This conclusion is supported by reported increases in nursing and patient satisfaction in the single-room maternity care compared with the traditional labour/delivery and postpartum settings. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: An education programme tailored to the learning needs of experienced clinical nurses contributes to improvements in nursing competencies and patient care.

The history of Mother-Baby Units (MBUs) in France and Belgium and of the French version of the Marcé checklist.

Until fairly recently, mentally ill mothers were separated from their new-borns because of the potential danger to the baby. Over the past 50 years, however, we have learned more about the perinatal period, with the development of child psychiatry and interest in maternal postpartum disorders. This knowledge has led psychiatric departments to develop new ways to provide care without separating mentally ill mothers from their babies. Joint full-time admissions began in Great Britain in 1948. The first Mother-Baby Unit (MBU) in France opened in 1979 and in Belgium in 1990. In 2003, there are 17 MBUs in France and 3 in Belgium. From 1995 to 1998, Odile Cazas and Nine Glangeaud, working with a group of child and adult psychiatrists and psychologists, adapted the English Marcé Checklist to the French and Belgian health and child protective systems and added items useful for research.

Mother-baby psychiatric units in Australia - the Victorian experience.

This article reviews the women admitted to Mother Baby Psychiatric Units in 2002, in the State of Victoria, Australia, looking at characteristics of postpartum disorders with respect to admission and outcome in a region with a high number of mother-baby unit beds relative to other Australian regions and other cities. Differences among units are noted, including the differential impact of whether the unit is associated with a psychiatric service or an obstetric service. This includes length of stay and referral patterns. Details of diagnosis, admission and outcome are compared to similar admissions in the United Kingdom, with similar factors predictive of poor outcome, defined as separation from the infant. Mother-Baby Units have an important potential role in improving these outcomes, with longer-term studies of these women needed.

Treatment of maternal mood disorder and infant behaviour disturbance in an Australian private mothercraft unit: a follow-up study.

Australia has a system of residential parentcraft services which offer brief admissions to mothers experiencing difficulties with infant care and postnatal mood disturbance. Most of these are state-funded public access services. In 1996 a comparable but differentiated service was opened in the private sector. Masada Private Hospital Mother Baby Unit accommodates five mother-infant pairs who are admitted to a five-night structured residential program. Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team comprising a paediatrician, general practitioner, clinical psychologist and specialist nurses. Complex maternal mood disorders as measured on standardised psychometric instruments include depression, anxiety and severe occupational fatigue. Their babies are unsettled, cry for prolonged periods, wake frequently at night and do not sleep well during the day. Many have feeding difficulties. The treatment program comprises both individualised training in infant care and settling strategies and psycho-educational groups offered in a supportive non-judgemental setting. One month post-discharge maternal mood is significantly improved and infant behaviour more manageable compared with functioning on admission.

[Nursing support at a rooming-in maternity ward]. / Wsparcie pielegniarskie na oddziale polozniczym w systemie rooming-in.

The international congress called "Birth Quality-Life Quality" has been a key scientific event in Poland resulting in great changes in perinatal care. Improvements in the quality of care at maternity wards were not limited to purely medical issues. Attention became increasingly focused on psycho-social problems of women after parturition. Emphasis is now directed to support by the doctors and nurses and efforts to acquaint young mothers with the benefits of natural feeding, as well as to prepare them for taking good care of their child. Social support is seen as an important tool in the improvement of care over the mother and child. The present study has classified social support according to J. House as informational, emotional, instrumental and worthing. Informational support consists of methods to cope with specific problems that require delivery of information and teaching of new skills. Emotional support focuses on demonstrating care, winning trust and showing empathy. Instrumental support is reflected by delivery of goods or services to persons in need. Finally, worthing support aims at promoting self-esteem. The aim of this study was (1) to analyze the determinants of informational, emotional, instrumental and worthing support and to compare the needs for different types of support among primiparas and multiparas at an obstetrics ward with the rooming-in system; (2) to study correlations between availability and demand for social support; (3) to determine the expectations of patients as to sources of informational, emotional, instrumental and worthing support and as to methods and means used during delivery of informational support. The study was done in a group of 200 women giving birth at the Department of Obstetrics and Perinatology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin. A special questionnaire was developed to determine the needs for support. A modified Social Support Score was also used. It was found that the demand for all determinants of informational support was greater among primiparas than multiparas. In the lactation part, significant differences were noted for 25 determinants (Tab. 1). Similarly, significant differences were noted for 13 determinants of neonatal care and nursing (Tab. 2) and for 9 determinants of postpartum self-care (Tab. 3). A large demand for most determinants of emotional support was noted in the study and reference groups. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) were revealed as to 3 determinants representing feeling of safety by the woman during hospitalization (Tab. 4). It was found that the demand for all determinants of instrumental support was greater among primiparas than multiparas (Tab. 5). There were no significant differences in worthing support needs (Tab. 6). Primiparas significantly more often expected informational and instrumental (p < 0.001), as well as emotional support (p < 0.05) (Tab. 7) in comparison to multiparas. The need for social support at a maternity ward was found to be independent of the available support (Tab. 8). The most frequently expected source of informational support is the nurse/midwife at the maternity ward, as well as the doctor at the ward and the outpatient unit. Worthing and instrumental support is usually expected of the husband and the family. The usual methods of delivering support include discussions, training, and demonstration. Brochures remain the preferred vehicle for delivering support (Tab. 9).