Abstract

BORRERO-PACHON, Pilar  and  HERRANZ-RUBIA, Nuria. Premature infant parents clothing: A tool for developed family’s centered care. Index Enferm [online]. 2008, vol.17, n.4, pp.280-283. ISSN 1699-5988.

Developmental care is a model for nursing in neonatal care that integrates developmental age, individual requirements and surroundings environment. One aim of developmental care is reduce stressful and painful experiences to support the development of the child. Environmental modifications such as the promotion of supported positioning and clothing infant are very important in stress reduction. Another key issue of this philosophy of care is the importance of the role played by the family. The parental stress caused by a premature baby birth and the neonatal intensive care experience may create problems in the parent - child relationship. Involving parents in the child’s caregiving, making clothes to dress the baby, could be a clinic tool to help increase parental feelings of control and improve bonding. Neonatal nurses are in a unique position to assess this process and intervene to promote these behaviours.

Keywords : Family centered care; Development care; Premature infant; Parenting role, Clothes; Bonding.