Chertok Ilana R Azulay, McCrone Susan, Parker Dennelle, Leslie Nan
School of Nursing, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
Adv Neonatal Care. 2014 Feb;14(1):30-7. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000044.
Nearly half a million preterm infants are born each year in the United States. Preterm delivery has significant psychosocial implications for mothers, particularly when their baby spends time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The decrease in length of gestation causes mothers to have to parent prematurely, without the less time for emotional preparation than mothers of full-term infants. Parents of NICU infants experience stress related to feelings of helplessness, exclusion and alienation, and lack sufficient knowledge regarding parenting and interacting with their infants in the NICU. There are a number of interventions that nurses can do that help reduce the stress of mothers of infants in the NICU.
在美国，每年有近50万早产儿出生。早产对母亲有重大的心理社会影响，尤其是当她们的婴儿在新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）时。妊娠期的缩短使母亲不得不过早地承担起养育责任，相比足月儿母亲，她们没有那么多时间进行情感准备。NICU婴儿的父母会因无助感、被排斥感和疏离感而感到压力，并且在NICU养育和与婴儿互动方面缺乏足够的知识。护士可以采取一些干预措施来帮助减轻NICU中婴儿母亲的压力。
