A Qualitative Study of Nurses' Perspectives on Neonatologist Continuity of Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Families and staff in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) value continuity of care (COC), though definitions, delivery, and impacts of COC are incompletely described. Previously, we used parental perspectives to define and build a conceptual model of COC provided by neonatologists. Nursing perspectives about COC remain unclear.

Purpose

To describe nursing perspectives on neonatologist COC and revise our conceptual model with neonatal nurse input.

Methods

This was a qualitative study interviewing NICU nurses. The investigators analyzed transcripts with directed content analysis guided by an existing framework of neonatologist COC. Codes were categorized according to previously described COC components, impact on infants and families, and improvements for n

SUBMITTER: Machut KZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10544817 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature