Life with my baby in a neonatal intensive care unit: Embracing the Family Integrated Care model

This paper is a personal narrative that describes the components of the Family Integrated Care Model in a neonatal intensive care unit in Canada. I begin by introducing the reader with a brief story of how my son came to be admitted into a NICU. Next, I discuss three aspects of the Family Integrated...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b453b2882ebb477183e16d198fd5d5302021-11-15T04:25:52ZLife with my baby in a neonatal intensive care unit: Embracing the Family Integrated Care model2372-0247https://doaj.org/article/b453b2882ebb477183e16d198fd5d5302018-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pxjournal.org/journal/vol5/iss2/4https://doaj.org/toc/2372-0247This paper is a personal narrative that describes the components of the Family Integrated Care Model in a neonatal intensive care unit in Canada. I begin by introducing the reader with a brief story of how my son came to be admitted into a NICU. Next, I discuss three aspects of the Family Integrated Care Model that I found to be most striking: medical rounds, “do-ups” and skin-to-skin contact. I also discuss how my immersion in this healthcare setting for three months was a form of autoethnographic fieldwork, as I experienced the NICU both as a parent and a health researcher. Finally, I outline two recommendations to the Family Integrated Care model that might prove to be useful for healthcare professionals in other NICUs to adopt.Yasmin LalaniThe Beryl Institutearticleneonatespremature babiesparent rolesethnographyMedicine (General)R5-920Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENPatient Experience Journal (2018)
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topic neonates
premature babies
parent roles
ethnography
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
spellingShingle neonates
premature babies
parent roles
ethnography
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Public aspects of medicine
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Yasmin Lalani
Life with my baby in a neonatal intensive care unit: Embracing the Family Integrated Care model
description This paper is a personal narrative that describes the components of the Family Integrated Care Model in a neonatal intensive care unit in Canada. I begin by introducing the reader with a brief story of how my son came to be admitted into a NICU. Next, I discuss three aspects of the Family Integrated Care Model that I found to be most striking: medical rounds, “do-ups” and skin-to-skin contact. I also discuss how my immersion in this healthcare setting for three months was a form of autoethnographic fieldwork, as I experienced the NICU both as a parent and a health researcher. Finally, I outline two recommendations to the Family Integrated Care model that might prove to be useful for healthcare professionals in other NICUs to adopt.
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title Life with my baby in a neonatal intensive care unit: Embracing the Family Integrated Care model
title_short Life with my baby in a neonatal intensive care unit: Embracing the Family Integrated Care model
title_full Life with my baby in a neonatal intensive care unit: Embracing the Family Integrated Care model
title_fullStr Life with my baby in a neonatal intensive care unit: Embracing the Family Integrated Care model
title_full_unstemmed Life with my baby in a neonatal intensive care unit: Embracing the Family Integrated Care model
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