Not long ago, Ms. Li's family was happy to have a dragon and phoenix fetus, but due to the baby's small gestational age, low weight and shortness of breath, she was immediately transferred to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) of the Neonatal Department of Foshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Guangdong Province after birth.
After a period of treatment, the two babies tended to be stable, out of respiratory support, gradually gained weight, and began to feed independently, but parents were still worried about their lack of nursing experience, worried about not taking good care of the baby after discharge.
When she learned that Foshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital had a neonatal family ward, Ms. Li was overjoyed. With the help of medical staff, she and her lover nervously and excitedly completed their first baby care. By the time the babies were discharged, the couple had mastered routine infant care and were confident in their future independent care.
Ms. Li's family "graduated from school"
In most neonatal intensive care units, parents are prone to anxiety because they cannot accompany their children, "When the child is crying inside, will someone pick him up, coax him, and comfort him like a family member?" "If the baby is hungry, can he eat warm milk in time?"
In the face of parents' worries and anxieties, neonatal medical staff must take on more responsibilities and assume the role of temporary parents.
Today, the Department of Neonatology of Foshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital has taken the lead in opening a neonatal family-style escort ward in the city, with face-to-face professional guidance provided by medical staff, and the parents of children have changed from passive bystanders to active care participants to care for babies.
Nurses instruct parents to bathe, touch, pinch, change pockets, etc
From the basic nursing skills of infants and young children such as seven-step handwashing, diaper replacement and buttock care, abdominal massage, bathing, and chiropractic, to breastfeeding and storage, oral drug feeding skills, newborn hazard symptom recognition, milk choking and swallowing foreign bodies and other simple first aid operations, parents can solve various problems encountered in daily nursing.
New parents learning "kangaroo care"
This can not only help parents to break the anxiety and worry caused by "not understanding", reduce the risk of postpartum depression, but also enhance the parent-child relationship, improve the breastfeeding rate, promote the healthy growth of the child, and at the same time reduce the re-admission rate of newborns after discharge by correcting the care and parenting behavior of the children's parents.
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The core concept of the "family centered care" (FCC) is to respect the child and the family, to transmit health information, to respect the family's right to choose, and to emphasize the collaboration, strength and support between the child, the family and the caregiver.
What's in a family ward?
√ team of professional doctors and neonatal caregivers to provide quality services such as accompanying examinations
√ equipped with small beds and incubators, and provide medical equipment such as ECG monitoring, sputum suction, and blue light therapy to provide safety and health protection for newborns
√ set up a bedside information terminal system, 24-hour hot water and boiling water supply, equipped with refrigerators, microwave ovens, breast warmers, kangaroo chairs, multi-functional sofa beds and other living facilities, providing more convenient and humanized services for newborns and escorts.
Since the opening of the newborn warm ward of the Xincheng Branch of Foshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital on September 18, 2021, more than 100 precious parents have successfully "graduated" from here.
Contributed by: Zhang Qiufang, Zhang Xiaohui, Department of Publicity and Education, Foshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital