Experience of Becoming a Father of a High Risk Premature Infant
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
; : 277-288, 2017.
Article
en Ko
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was performed to identify the experience of becoming a father of a high risk premature infant.METHODS:
Grounded theory was used for this research. The participants were 12 fathers who had premature infants lighter than 2,500g of birth weight, less than 37 weeks of gestational age and having stayed 2 weeks or longer in a NICU right after birth. Theoretical sampling was done to identify participants and indepth interviews were done for the data collection. For data analysis, the process suggested by Corbin and Strauss was used.RESULTS:
For these participants the core phenomenon of the experience of becoming a father of a high risk premature infant was ‘striving through with belief and patience’. The phenomenon was ‘being frustrated in an unrealistic shock’. Contextual conditions were ‘uncertainty in the health status of the premature baby’ and ‘no one to ask for help’ and intervening conditions were ‘possibility in the health recovery of the premature baby’ and ‘assistance from significant others’. Action/interaction strategies were ‘withstanding with belief in the baby’ and ‘enduring with willpower as head of the family’ and the consequence was ‘becoming a guardian of the family’.CONCLUSION:
For the participants, the process of becoming the father of a high risk premature infant was striving through the situation with belief in their babies' ability to overcome the crisis and waiting for the babies' recovery with patience.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Peso al Nacer
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Recien Nacido Prematuro
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Recolección de Datos
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Estadística como Asunto
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Edad Gestacional
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Parto
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Investigación Cualitativa
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Padre
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Teoría Fundamentada
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Cabeza
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
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Newborn
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article