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C T Weingarten
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A parent's prayer.
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What nursing specialty will be right for you.
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Nursing interventions: caring for parents of a newborn transferred to a regional intensive care nursery--a challenge for low risk obstetric specialists.
Parents of infants transferred to a regional NICU have unique needs for support when the mother remains in the hospital of birth. Suddenly in a high risk situation and faced with family separation, these parents may display intense grief and crisis reactions related to their infant's status and transfer. The high risk interventions they require are frequently incongruent with the wellness orientation of staff specializing in care of the low risk clients. Nevertheless, low risk specialists have a critical role in assisting parents through this difficult transition to parenthood. Effective strategies are based upon: understanding that at some point infants requiring transfer to a regional NICU will be born; advance planning to prepare staff to assist parents during this type of crisis; establishing an ongoing relationship with staff from the regional NICU; and identification of crisis support networks available to parents and to staff within the low risk setting.
Married mothers' perceptions of their premature or term infants and the quality of their relationships with their husbands.
Twenty-eight mothers of premature infants and 37 mothers of term infants were examined for their perceptions of their infants and of their relationships with their husbands at two to four postpartum days and at six to eight postpartum weeks. The mothers tended to perceive their infants positively, whether or not the infants were born prematurely. Preterm mothers who compared their infants to an average premature infant were more positive than term mothers who compared their infants to an average term infant. An association was not found in either group between mothers' perceptions of their infants and of the quality of their relationships with their husbands. However, mothers with negative perceptions of their infants also tended to have difficult marriages.
Measles: again an epidemic.
With the incidence of measles again on the rise in the United States, nurses have important roles in health promotion and education. Nurses and other health care providers need to be well informed about the potential severity of measles and the importance of immunization in preventing measles.