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Parents’ experiences of neonatal transfer. A meta‐study of qualitative research 2000–2017.
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Nursing Inquiry . Jul2018, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p1-1. 11p. 1 Diagram. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Transfers of critically ill neonates are frequent phenomena. Even though parents’ participation is regarded as crucial in neonatal care, a transfer often means that parents and neonates are separated. A systematic review of the parents’ experiences of neonatal transfer is lacking. This paper describes a meta‐study addressing qualitative research about parents’ experiences of neonatal transfer. Through deconstruction and reflections of theories, methods, and empirical data, the aim was to achieve a deeper understanding of theoretical, empirical, contextual, historical, and methodological issues of qualitative studies concerning parents’ experiences of neonatal transfer over the course of this meta‐study (2000–2017). Meta‐theory and meta‐method analyses showed that caring, transition, and family‐centered care were main theoretical frames applied and that interviewing with a small number of participants was the preferred data collection method. The meta‐data‐analysis showed that transfer was a scary, unfamiliar, and threatening experience for the parents; they were losing familiar context, were separated from their neonate, and could feel their parenthood disrupted. We identified ‘wavering and wandering’ as a metaphoric representation of the parents’ experiences. The findings add knowledge about meta‐study as an approach for comprehensive qualitative research and point at the value of meta‐theory and meta‐method analyses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CATASTROPHIC illness
*CINAHL database
*CONCEPTUAL structures
*EXPERIENCE
*FAMILY medicine
*HOSPITAL admission & discharge
*MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
*PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
*MEDLINE
*NEONATAL intensive care
*ONLINE information services
*PARENTHOOD
*PSYCHOLOGY of parents
*SYSTEMATIC reviews
*THEMATIC analysis
*DATA analysis software
*META-synthesis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13207881
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Nursing Inquiry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 130696407
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12231