Prevention and management of falls in hospitalized newborns: perspectives of mothers and nursing professionals
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https://doi.org/10.26694/reufpi.v13i1.5137Keywords:
Infant, Newborn, Hospitals, Maternity, Rooming-in Care, Accidental Falls, Patient SafetyAbstract
Objective: to understand the perceptions of mothers and nursing professionals about the prevention and management of falls in hospitalized newborns. Methods: exploratory and qualitative study, resulting from experimental development research based on Design Thinking. This article addresses the stages of Empathy and Definition carried out with 20 nursing professionals and 34 mothers hospitalized in the Rooming-In Care of the Public Maternity Hospital of Fortaleza in 2023. For data collection, interviews, observation, photographic records and document analysis were used. The findings were submitted to Content Analysis using the MAXQDA software. Approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee (nº 5,974,647/2023). Results: a total of 485 context units were evidenced, distributed in six thematic categories. The participants revealed incidents of witnessed/known falls, contributing factors (maternal exhaustion, sleeping with the NB in bed or breastfeeding, carrying NB in the lap, bed rails lowered); consequences (trauma, fractures, fear, sense of guilt); and behaviors for prevention and intervention (staying alert when breastfeeding, raising bed rails, keeping baby in the crib, safe transportation, providing educational material for mothers). Conclusion: mothers and professionals know the contributing factors and consequences of neonatal falls, and there is an urgent need for their integration as protagonists in actions promote patient safety.
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