{"title":"Multidisciplinary research of multimodal stimulation of premature infants: an integrated review of the literature.","authors":"C R Mueller","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To review and integrate current multidisciplinary research literature about multiple sensory stimulation of premature infants.</p><p><strong>Sources: </strong>Computer search using CINAHL, MEDLINE, PSYLIT, SOCIAL SCIENCE INDEX and the topics \"premature,\" \"infant,\" \"neonate,\" and \"stimulation.\" Review of the results of the research and integration of findings for nursing.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, infants responded positively to the interventions reviewed, including immediate and long-term effects, some up to 2 years.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing practice: </strong>Nursing research of multiple sensory stimulation of premature infants can be improved by the use of (a) a theoretical base for research, (b) better descriptions of the infant samples and the environmental context of the research, and (c) individualization of infant stimulation to permit conservation of epigenetic integrity of the infant.</p>","PeriodicalId":76125,"journal":{"name":"Maternal-child nursing journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"18-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19834573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of an intergenerational program for pregnant and parenting adolescents.","authors":"C F Roye, S J Balk","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem: </strong>Poor life outcomes for teenage mothers</p><p><strong>Subjects: </strong>Young mothers (N = 65) several years after the birth of their first child. Half had mothers (called grandmothers) who attended the Teenage Mothers-Grandmothers program.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A long-term evaluation study of the effects of the Teenage Mothers-Grandmothers Program on outcomes for the teens. Instruments used: demographic questionnaire, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Arizona Social Support Inventory Schedule, and an open-ended questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Teens whose mothers participated in the program were significantly less likely to drop out of school and had significantly better self-esteem.</p><p><strong>Conclusions & implications for nursing: </strong>Including the mothers of pregnant and parenting adolescents in programs can be beneficial.</p>","PeriodicalId":76125,"journal":{"name":"Maternal-child nursing journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"32-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19834575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Body experience differences of women with preterm labor.","authors":"P Richardson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem: </strong>To determine whether body changes described and evaluated by women with preterm labor differed from those of women with normal pregnancies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Experiences of weight, appetite, activity, and mood change experiences for four sequential time intervals of pregnancy from 41 women with preterm labor and 23 women with normal pregnancies were analyzed using log-linear procedures.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The pregnancies of women with preterm labor were characterized by greater frequencies of worrisome body changes up until the 28th week.</p><p><strong>Conclusions & implications for nursing: </strong>Preterm labor was discussed as a problem of body image organization. Women with preterm labor have greater difficulty assimilating and accommodating to the body changes of pregnancy. A model of body change for preterm labor pregnancy was described. Study findings emphasized the importance of psychoemotional phenomena in preterm labor childbearing outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":76125,"journal":{"name":"Maternal-child nursing journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"5-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19834572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pregnant women's perceptions of prenatal care.","authors":"M A Omar, R F Schiffman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem: </strong>To describe pregnant women's perceptions in two specific areas: expectations about prenatal care and satisfaction with prenatal care.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A focus group technique using a semi-structured interview format. Three focus groups (N = 22) were conducted in the third trimester of pregnancy. Data were transcribed from the taped sessions and studied using content analysis.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Three major dimensions of satisfaction were identified: satisfaction with health care provider(s); satisfaction with support staff; and satisfaction with the prenatal care, including the desire for continuity of provider, clear explanations, and accessible quality care.</p><p><strong>Conclusions & implications for nursing: </strong>The provider relationship was identified as having the greatest influence on the women's satisfaction with prenatal care. Satisfaction with prenatal care can be enhanced through positive provider-patient interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":76125,"journal":{"name":"Maternal-child nursing journal","volume":"23 4","pages":"132-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19795753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Postpartum worries: an exploration of Taiwanese primiparas who participate in the Chinese ritual of tso-yueh-tzu.","authors":"C Y Liu-Chiang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem: </strong>To explore worries of postpartum mothers who participate in Tso-Yueh-Tzu.</p><p><strong>Subjects: </strong>Primiparas (N = 21) with a mean age of 30 years, a mean educational level of 15 years. Seventeen (81%) were working. The mean number of postpartum days was 14.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Focus groups, each group session lasted approximately 2 hours and was audiotaped.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Four themes regarding worries emerged: searching process to integrate the self into the rituals of Tso-Yueh-Tzu, understanding that the newborn's care influences evaluation of the self as a \"good mother,\" decision-making process of the self to arrange the best baby care for a career women, and reconciling the need for self-fulfillment with the demand to be a \"family-mother.\"</p><p><strong>Conclusions & implications for nursing: </strong>Nurses can help a mother work through her worries. Although the women expressed their worries in different content, all focused on the need for \"the integration of the self\" while they went through Tso-Yueh-Tzu.</p>","PeriodicalId":76125,"journal":{"name":"Maternal-child nursing journal","volume":"23 4","pages":"110-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19795752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parental coping with childhood hospitalization: a theoretical framework to guide research and clinical interventions.","authors":"B M Melnyk","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Topic: </strong>Although previous studies have demonstrated the value of psychologically preparing parents for their children's hospitalizations, there is only speculation regarding the coping processes by which clinical interventions have exerted their effects.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This paper presents a long-needed theoretical framework to guide research and informational interventions with parents of hospitalized children.</p><p><strong>Source: </strong>Prior work by this author has provided empirical support for the proposed theoretical framework.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Repeated testing of the proposed framework could build a scientific body of knowledge for pediatric nursing practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":76125,"journal":{"name":"Maternal-child nursing journal","volume":"23 4","pages":"123-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19795755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hardiness and stress: a critical review.","authors":"C Huang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>TOPIC. A critical literature review of the relationship between hardiness and stress. PURPOSE. To examine literature on the definition and concept of hardiness in both individuals and families, issues of measurement, and the relationship between hardiness and stress; and to identify implications for nursing practice and research. SOURCES. Hardiness as a stress resistance resource, dimensions of hardiness, and the importance of hardiness in family stress theory have been proposed through theoretical report. Instruments to measure hardiness have been developed by Kobasa (1979), Pollock (1986), and McCubbin, McCubbin, and Thompson (1991). CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING. The precise nature of the relationship between hardiness and stress remains to be determined. The role of family hardiness in reducing stress, especially in families of children with special healthcare needs, merits further investigation. The potential merits of developing hardiness intervention programs have particular meaning for nursing practice and research.</p>","PeriodicalId":76125,"journal":{"name":"Maternal-child nursing journal","volume":"23 3","pages":"82-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18482818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptation to pregnancy and motherhood among subfecund and fecund primiparous women.","authors":"L J Halman, D Oakley, R Lederman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the effects of infertility treatment on women's ability to adapt to pregnancy and motherhood.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Fecund (n = 261) and subfecund (n = 103) primiparous women receiving obstetrical care in southeastern Michigan participated in this descriptive, correlational, prospective study. The subjects completed Lederman's Pre-Natal Self-Evaluation questionnaire during the third trimester of pregnancy and Lederman's Postpartum Self-Evaluation questionnaire during the first postpartum appointment.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Mean scores showed that the two groups of women were not significantly different with either adaptation to pregnancy or motherhood.</p><p><strong>Conclusions & implications for nursing: </strong>Although subfecund women may experience stress in order to achieve a pregnancy, there do not appear to be any latent effects of this stress on their ability to adapt to pregnancy or motherhood.</p>","PeriodicalId":76125,"journal":{"name":"Maternal-child nursing journal","volume":"23 3","pages":"90-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18482819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-esteem of pregnant substance abusers.","authors":"P G Higgins, D H Clough, C Wallerstedt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Problem: </strong>To explore patterns and levels of self-esteem of pregnant substance abusers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive prospective study to describe the self-esteem of pregnant substance abusers. Subjects (N = 31) were abusing and dependent on three or more legal and/or illegal substances. Subjects were asked one open-ended question regarding their self-esteem, then the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Inventory (RSI) was administered.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Subjects gave 46 responses to the open-ended question. Overall, they used a single word to describe self-esteem. The most frequent response on the RSI was \"low\" for self-esteem, 23 subjects used positive terms, 20 used negative terms, and 3 reported a neutral term. The RSI confirmed the aspects of low self-esteem.</p><p><strong>Conclusions & implications for nursing: </strong>Problems with low self-esteem were evident. Intervention strategies need to be developed to increase self-esteem in pregnant substance abusers.</p>","PeriodicalId":76125,"journal":{"name":"Maternal-child nursing journal","volume":"23 3","pages":"75-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18482816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measuring the self-care practice of children and adolescents: instrument development.","authors":"J B Moore","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To develop an instrument to measure the self-care practice of children and adolescents.</p><p><strong>Subjects: </strong>471 students, age 9-18, in 4th-12th grade.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This methodological study involved item development and testing the instrument for reliability, readability, and construct validity.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Study findings for the 35-item Child and Adolescent Self-Care Practice Questionnaire included a coefficient alpha of .83 and moderate correlations with two self-care agency instruments. Factors corresponding to the self-care requisites in Orem's model were identified using a LISREL confirmatory factor analysis approach.</p><p><strong>Conclusions & implications for nursing: </strong>The Child and Adolescent Self-Care Practice Questionnaire can be used in further research to determine how children and adolescents perform as self-care agents. Activities are identified and measured, intervention strategies to improve behaviors can be planned.</p>","PeriodicalId":76125,"journal":{"name":"Maternal-child nursing journal","volume":"23 3","pages":"101-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18485796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}