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Qualitative Research Publication Critique
Qualitative research is subjective and pieces together a person’s experiences, interactions, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior to gain insight into the action and choices of human behavior, which contributes to the development of evidence-based interventions and guidelines (Grove, Gray, & Burns, 2015). In the article by Gaydos et al. (2015) regarding infant safe sleep recommendations, a qualitative study was conducted to gain knowledge of how providers counsel low-income, African American mothers on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) prevention and how well they understand and adhere to the safe sleep recommendations. The purpose of this paper is to discuss this qualitative research study that will:
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Since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 1992 recommended the supine sleep position, on a firm mattress, and no bed sharing, there has been a decrease in SIDS by more than 50% of all populations in the United States (U.S.); however, in the African-American population, rates for SIDS are twice as high as Caucasian infants (Gaydos et al., 2015). Research demonstrates that African-American mothers are more likely to place infants in the prone position to sleep and bed share despite awareness and understanding of safe infant sleep recommendations (Gaydos et al., 2015). Thus, Gaydos et al. (2015) discovered that little research exists on provider reactions to the non-compliance of African-American parents on safe sleep recommendations; therefore, this study is to compare the decision-making choices of low-income, African-American women in infant sleep positions and the counseling practices used by providers to reduce the rates of SIDS in this …show more content…
Grove et al. (2015) describes an exploratory-descriptive approach as one that is done for a specific purpose in which the information gathered is needed to develop an intervention for a specific group of people. This type of study is developed to offer insight into clinical issues that will produce practical solutions (Grove et al., 2015). Thus, the focus of this study is the why of infant sleep choices of low-income, African-American mothers to better understand how to offer interventions to decrease rates of SIDS in this
Neonatal nursing is a field of nursing designed especially for both newborns and infants up to 28 days old. The term neonatal comes from neo, "new", and natal, "pertaining to birth or origin”. Neonatal nurses are a vital part of the neonatal care team. These are trained professionals who concentrate on ensuring that the newborn infants under their care are able to survive whatever potential life threatening event they encounter. They treat infants that are born with a variety of life threatening issues that include instances of prematurity, congenital birth defects, surgery related problems, cardiac malformations, severe burns, or acute infection. Neonatal care in hospitals was always done by the nursing staff but it did not officially become a specialized medical field until well into 1960s. This was due to the numerous advancements in both medical care training and related technology that allowed for the improved treatment and survival rate of premature babies. According to the March of Dimes, one of every thirteen babies born in the United States annually suffers from low birth weight. This is a leading cause in 65% of infant deaths. Therefore, nurses play a very important role in providing round the clock care for these infants, those born with birth defects or other life threatening illness. In addition, these nurses also tend to healthy babies while their mothers recover from the birthing process. Prior to the advent of this specialized nursing field at risk newborn infants were mostly cared for by obstetricians and midwives who had limited resources to help them survive (Meeks 3).
Sears, William. Nighttime Parenting How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep. Franklin Park Illinois. Le Leche League International, 1990. Print.
When a parent has a baby staying in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, they are worried and stressed about the health of their baby. This worriedness and stress can lead to the parents developing Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder. A parent is more likely to develop Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder if they experience a fear of the unknown and fear of death, quality of life, medical interventions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and stories from other parent’s experiences with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. A study founded that with parents who have babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit experience suffering in social relationships, this includes marital relationships. The article suggest childbirth educators should prepare parents for the possibility of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder in prenatal classes and teach the symptoms of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder, so parents can recognize if they start to show the symptoms of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder that they can receive the help they need.
The study outlined in the article is well organized in its major parts, including introduction, literature review, methodology, results, and discussions. The introduction provides the research question and purpose, while the remaining parts provide sufficient data to help in justifying the hypothesis and rationale of the study.
First, I will give out some statistics of infant mortality rates in America. According to an Amnesty International report, two maternal deaths occur every day for African-American women. Even though 99% of birth-related deaths happen in developing countries, these numbers for African American women in a country with world renowned health facilities are discouraging.
The short-term benefits to infants of co-sleeping with their mothers would be increase breast feeding which promotes bed-sharing, increase sleep interval and duration, less crying time, increase compassion to mother’s communication (McKenna, Mosko , & Richard, pg. 604). Short-term benefits to mothers who co-sleep with their infants would be more sleep time with gratification, increase sensitization to infant’s physiological-social status, increase wellbeing and the ability to understand developmental signals from the infant, and improved skill to supervise and accomplish infant wants (McKenna, Mosko , & Richard, pg. 604). Long-term benefits of co-sleeping for infants are under-represented, but it can spread relief with sexual identity, infants become independent and increase control of their reactions and anxiety, and they become more self-determining in task problem solving and initiating because they are better at being unaccompanied (McKenna, Mosko , & Richard, pg. 604). Parents should know the benefits of co-sleeping either long-term or
Neo-natal care has become a common practice that is incorporated in the healthcare plan. The reason for its development is to ensure that infants who are born ill are taken care of and that their lives are safeguarded against the possible dangers they could experience while in the community. One of the issues that affect neo natal care is poverty. When the environment within which infants are brought up is poor or hazardous, their lives are significantly affected.
Described below is a critical appraisal of a qualitative article by Lisa Booth using the frame-work suggested by Ryan, Coughlan and Cronin 2007 to establish its believability, robustness, credibility and integrity (Ryan, Coughlan & Cronin, 2007).
The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) home-visiting program was developed to specifically help first-time disadvantage mothers and their children who have the following risks: teenage mothers, unmarried, and/or are of low socioeconomic status (Howard & Brooks-Gunn, 2009). The program was developed in 1977 by psychologist David L. Olds, and it was established initially in Elmira, New York serving White rural adolescent mothers (Dawley et al., 2007). Over the course of almost forty years, NFP has been tested in three distinct empirically controlled trials: Elmira-New York, Memphis-Tennessee, and Denver-Colorado (Howard & Brooks-Gunn, 2009; Olds, 2010).
The clinic’s mission is to deliver health care with compassion; while addressing social determinants of health in the black community. Milwaukee represents 10.4% of Wisconsin’s population and 15% of infant deaths in Milwaukee are attributed to unsafe sleeping conditions (City of Milwaukee, 2017). Infant mortality is a complex problem that is an issue that affects African American women three times higher than white American women. In addition, to co-sleeping deaths the clinic aspired to reduce improper use of car seats by parents for 24-60-month-old
I began to investigate the relationship between social factors and health as a research assistant at the University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center. During my five-year tenure there, I facilitated projects that primarily investigated the relationship between maternal sleep quality and maternal and perinatal outcomes. As I became immersed in emerging maternal sleep research, I was alarmed by the scarcity of studies examining social differences in sleep quality. Therefore, I independently investigated how race influenced the relationship between sleep q...
To complete my labor and delivery rotation for NUR-113, I was assigned to a client in the labor and delivery unit and followed her labor process throughout the duration of my shift, I observed the nurse’s role, doctor’s role, medications given, the patient, the patient’s family and evaluated myself. The client that the RN was assisting was a 21 year old, white unmarried female with O+ blood, at the end of my shift she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy after a few complications during the labor process. Gravida 1, Preterm births 0, Term births 0, Abortions 0, Living Children 1, after the birth ...
The unquestionable success of video games leads to some great ideas concerning utilizing this technology in productive educational and training environments. This technology has shown evidence for the possible implementation as an educational and learning tool. With the successful use of internet-learning environments currently employed the next logical evolution of this technology merits further research. The significant barrier to the adoption of this technology into educational environments is the connection between two-dimensional scenarios and three-dimensional simulations. Immersive Massively Multiplayer Online Games or MMOGs have shown that
The study will be inductive in nature. Unlike the deductive approach, the inductive approach involves the researcher generating theories, concepts and themes form the retrieved data. In other words, the researcher will have to look for the specific prototypes and patterns from the data collected and hence come up with their explanations. Basing on this philosophical approach, it is difficult to develop hypotheses at the start of the research. Thus, it is only through the pattern regularities between variables that the researcher can be able to generate theory and hence, make conclusions. The inductive approach is always associated with qualitative methods. Hence, qualitative methods will be at play in the study. The qualitative research approach
Impaired Parenting is a nursing diagnosis that should be considered for all parents who are having a child. There are many classes available to new parents that can be taken before childbirth takes place. These classes will inform parents how to take care of their newborn child, as well as, mentally prepare each family member what their role will be with the birth of their new child. The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome says that in 2003, 1,300 infants in the United States died from being shaken (Tumlin,2010). Most of these deaths could have been prevented. If parents fail to take parenting classes before birth there is a higher chance they may be impaired for the obstacles they will be facing upon having a child. Impaired Parenting is a pertinent nursing diagnosis that needs to be recognized and educated on upon the first sign of parenting impairment. The use of the nursing diagnosis Impaired Parenting was observed on the Labor and Delivery floor at St. Francis Medical Center during the student’s clinical experience. This paper will be describing the care plan chosen for this patient, the goal and outcome of this patient, along with the interventions that were used to help educate this patient. A Nursing Research article titled, “Parenting Classes: Focus on Discipline” will be presented that correlates with this nursing diagnosis.