Nurse, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Antioquia. Email:
Nurse, Ph.D. Full Professor. Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Antioquia and Universidad CES. Email:
Invest Educ Enferm. 2023 Feb;41(1). doi: 10.17533/udea.iee.v41n1e04.
Preparing parents to care for their preterm children is one of the principal challenges faced by nursing professionals within the neonatal care contexts. This process seeks for parents to acquire the skills to safely provide the differential care required by children at home given their prematurity condition. The preparation for discharge is complex and multidimensional, involving aspects that have to do with the knowledge, skills for caring, security, and trust to transit and take care of the children at home. This process is conducted in the neonatal unit gradually, in function of the clinical evolution of the children and the adaptation of the parents to the situation, considering their individual, family, social, and cultural characteristics. This article describes the principal aspects related with the preparation for discharge and the transition to the home, contents of the education that must be provided to the parents or principal caregivers, and the recommendations for the professional practice regarding these types of educational processes, aimed at making visible and facilitating the nursing role and follow up of results in the health and wellbeing of the preterm children, their parents, and families.
为早产儿父母提供照护是新生儿护理环境中护理专业人员面临的主要挑战之一。这一过程旨在使父母掌握技能，以便在家庭中为早产儿提供差异化护理。出院准备是一个复杂和多方面的过程，涉及到知识、护理技能、安全性和信任等方面，以确保孩子在家中能够安全过渡和得到照顾。这一过程在新生儿病房中逐渐进行，取决于孩子的临床状况和父母对这一状况的适应情况，同时考虑到他们的个体、家庭、社会和文化特征。本文描述了与出院准备和向家庭过渡相关的主要方面、必须向父母或主要照顾者提供的教育内容，以及针对这些类型的教育过程的专业实践建议，旨在突显和促进护理在早产儿及其父母和家庭的健康和幸福方面的作用和结果。
