background satisfaction with health care is an important criterion and variable in assessing the quality of medical care. especially mother’s satisfaction from childbirth care procedure is a determinant factor in psychological and social health the study aimed to assess mothers’ satisfaction in terms of education and information provided by maternal care givers. material and methods a descripti...

BACKGROUND Late preterm infants account for the majority of preterm births. They are at an increased risk of neonatal mortality and morbidity and are less likely to initiate breastfeeding and to be exclusively breastfed at discharge compared to infants born at term. The aim of this study was to identify the facilitators and barriers to breastfeeding during hospital stays according to the experi...

This study aims to explore the experiences of teenage mothers getting husbands' support in process becoming a mother. The method used is qualitative with phenomenological design. results showed that there were five themes, namely: 1) husband's based on initiative and request adolescent at stage pregnancy; 2) husbands provide explicitly needs mothers; 3) husband has not received pregnancy intend...

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the heart and respiration rates, mean arterial pressure, temperature and peripheral oxygen saturation of low-weight preterm newborns, before and after the application of kangaroo mother care. Method: Twenty-two healthy low-weight preterm newborns of both sexes were studied. None of them had neurological, cardiac and/or respiratory deficiencies. A...

A randomized controlled trial was conducted over a 1-year period (November 2001-November 2002) in Addis Ababa to study the effectiveness of early Kangaroo mother care before stabilization of low birthweight infants as compared with the conventional method of care. There were 259 babies weighing less than 2000 g during the study period and a total of 123 (47.5 per cent) low birthweight infants w...

Objective: to unveil the experience of mothers babies with cleft lip and palate as breastfeeding, identify care needs these propose nursing in light Kolcaba’s theory. Method: this is a research-care qualitative approach 20 through consultation. Content analysis was adopted. Results: context units emerged: physical private comfort during breastfeeding; baby satiety; breastfeeding management; sup...

Background Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is an easy and emotional care that can reduce the mortality and morbidity in premature infants, but often the relationship between mother and her newborn is delayed due to some barriers. The aim of this study was to investigate perceived benefits and barriers of mothers in this regard. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 121 mo...

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