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Journal of Neonatal & Pediatric Medicine
Neonatal Nursing Congress 2018
May 14-15, 2018
May 14-15, 2018 Singapore
30
th
Global Experts Meeting on
Neonatal Nursing &
Maternal Healthcare
Aberdeen family integrated care (FiCare): Building families
Nicole Bauwens
Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Scotland
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raditionally neonatal units have been seen as a place of care where the nurses do most of the task orientated care that a
premature or sick baby requires i.e. changing the nappy, measuring temperature, bathing, feeding and handling/positioning
the baby. This often not only leave parents, especially new mothers feeling isolated, awkward, in the way or even a visitor to
her own baby but the parents often did not feel empowered or strong enough to question this practice. It has very much been a
culture of nurses knows best within neonatal units and this finding is across the world. In Aberdeen, after visiting Dr. Shoo Lee
at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, are now focusing on supporting the parents to care for their baby. Our nursing care model
has expanded to now concentrate on teaching, caring and supporting the parents to do many of the tasks that the nurses would
have done in the past. Parents are now encouraged to be present on the ward rounds and some even present their baby to the
team on the ward round. Parents are encouraged to spend as much time on the unit as they possibly can so they can spend as
much time doing skin2skin/kangaroo care as possible. This encourages bonding, breast feeding and parental confidence. This
approach is still in progress but is gaining momentum every day. Medical staffs have adopted our approach and are seeking
parental involvement in decision making about their baby and parents are being seen as partners in care. A new neonatal
unit is being built in Aberdeen and this model of care has been pivotal in the design process, the aim of keeping mum and
baby together as much as humanely possible is at the center of the hospital because after survival, relationships are the most
important thing to a baby.
nicole.bauwens@nhs.netNeonat Pediatr Med 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.4172/2572-4983-C1-003