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'All for the well-being of the infant': nurses' perceptions of preterm infants' eye examinations: a phenomenographic study
Örebro University, School of Health Sciences. Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8752-0943
Örebro University, School of Health Sciences. Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5582-6147
Research Centre for Habilitation and Rehabilitation Models & Services (CHARM), Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Research, Telemark Hospital Trust, Skien, Norway.
Örebro University, School of Health Sciences. University Health Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7352-8234
2024 (English)In: BMC Pediatrics, E-ISSN 1471-2431, Vol. 24, no 1, article id 579Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

BACKGROUND: Preterm infants are at risk of complications due to their prematurity and Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is one of them. To discover and treat ROP the preterm infants regularly undergo eye examinations. Nurses are responsible for the infants' care during this painful and stressful procedure.

AIM: The aim of this study was to explore nurses' perceptions of preterm infants' eye examinations.

METHODS: Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 10 nurses experienced in participating in preterm infants' eye examinations. Data were analysed using a phenomenographic approach.

RESULTS: The results showed several perceptions of the eye examinations, and the analysis resulted in four descriptive categories: Infants are affected by the eye examination; Nurses have comprehensive overall responsibility for the infants; Parents are important to their infants, but they need support to fulfil their parental role, and Collaboration is important for the examination's favourable outcome. The category Nurses have comprehensive overall responsibility for the infants was regarded as the most comprehensive, covering all the other categories.

CONCLUSIONS: Nurses felt a great responsibility during a painful and stressful procedure for preterm infants. Infants' well-being could be better protected by interprofessional collaboration, improved nursing care and involved parents.

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BioMed Central (BMC), 2024. Vol. 24, no 1, article id 579
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NICU, Neonatal, Nursing, Premature, Preterm, ROP screening
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Nursing Pediatrics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-116008DOI: 10.1186/s12887-024-05044-yISI: 001312010900004PubMedID: 39272051Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85203882921OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-116008DiVA, id: diva2:1897833
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Region Örebro CountyAvailable from: 2024-09-16 Created: 2024-09-16 Last updated: 2024-10-01Bibliographically approved

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