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Este trabalho é um estudo de caso, cujos objetivos foram caracterizar os recém-nascidos prematuros de muito baixo peso (RNP/MBP) admitidos na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica e Neonatal (UTIP/N) do nascimento ao seguimento ambulatorial no primeiro ano de vida, e compreender a experiência dos pais. Sendo assim, optou-se pela realização da pesquisa em dois momentos: o primeiro, na abordagem quantitativa, com uma população de 60 RNP/MBP do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo (HU-USP) no período compreendido entre 1999 - 2000. Os dados foram coletados dos prontuários por meio de um formulário. Os resultados mostraram que as mães eram na sua maioria primíparas (50,9%), com idade média de 27,5 anos e que 80,0% realizaram o pré-natal. Em relação aos neonatos, a média de peso ao nascer foi 1.084g e a idade gestacional de 30 semanas; 23,0% foram a óbito e a média de peso foi de 688g. Quanto ao tempo de permanência na terapia intensiva, dos 46 sobreviventes, a mediana foi 10 dias e a de internação hospitalar 49,5 dias. Foram submetidos à intubação e à ventilação mecânica (69,6%), à cateterização central (78,3%) e à nutrição parenteral (98,7%). Dos egressos do Berçário, 75,0% realizaram seguimento no Ambulatório Neonatal. O segundo momento, na abordagem qualitativa, os dados foram obtidos pela observação participante e entrevista com os pais de bebês egressos da UTIP/N do HU-USP. Adotou-se como referencial teórico-metodológico a Antropologia Cultural e a Etnografia. Da análise das narrativas, emergiram seis categorias culturais e subcategorias que evidenciaram dois temas: \"A capacidade para tornarem-se pais de um RNP/MBP: momentos de luta e crescimento\" e \"O cuidar e conviver com o filho\". Os pais vivenciaram todo o processo permeado pela ambivalência de sentimentos em que o medo e a esperança predominaram. Relataram que essa experiência foi marcante e transformadora, atribuíram à religiosidade, aos profissionais de saúde e à assistência especializada a sobrevida do filho. Sentiram-se capacitados para cuidar da criança após a alta hospitalar, embora tenham reconhecido a existência de obstáculos que emergiram do contexto sociocultural para desempenharem os papéis de pai e mãe. / This paper is a case study, it has the purpose of characterizing the preterm newborn with very low weight admitted in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units by birth until the first year of life, as an Out Patient, and to understand the parents experience. I opted to do the research in two moments: the first one as a quantitative approach with sixty preterm newborn with very low weight, which were in the of the University Hospital at Sao Paulo University during the period 1999-2000. The data has been collected using the dossier with a specific instrument. The results showed that (50.9%) of mothers were primiparous, the average age was 27.5 years, 80.0% did prenatal. Reporting newborn, the average of birth weight was 1.084g and the pregnancy age was thirty weeks; 23.0% died, the average of birth weight was 688g. The median of permanence of the 46 survivors in ICU was 10 days and in hospital was 49.5 days. 69.6% were submitted to intubation and mechanical ventilation; 78.3% used a central catheter and 98.7% to parenteral nutrition. 75.0% of the babies from Nursery were accompanied in the Out Patient Neonatal Unit at University Hospital during the first year of life. The second moment, with a qualitative approach, the data were collected using the participant observation and the interview with ICU preterm newborn parents. We adopted Cultural Anthropology and Ethnography as theoretical reference methodologies. From this analysis emerged six cultural categories and subcategories that showed two cultural themes: \"The capacity to be parents of a very low weight preterm newborn: fighting moments and growth\" and \"Caring and living together with a child\". Parents lived all the process with fear and hope. They said this experience was very intense and transforming, attributing child\'s life to religion, health professionals and specialized care. They felt capable to take care of the child after hospital discharge, although recognized new obstacles in the social-cultural context to carry out the responsibility of being parents.

Este trabalho é um estudo de caso, cujos objetivos foram caracterizar os recém-nascidos prematuros de muito baixo peso (RNP/MBP) admitidos na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica e Neonatal (UTIP/N) do nascimento ao seguimento ambulatorial no primeiro ano de vida, e compreender a experiência dos pais. Sendo assim, optou-se pela realização da pesquisa em dois momentos: o primeiro, na abordagem quantitativa, com uma população de 60 RNP/MBP do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo (HU-USP) no período compreendido entre 1999 - 2000. Os dados foram coletados dos prontuários por meio de um formulário. Os resultados mostraram que as mães eram na sua maioria primíparas (50,9%), com idade média de 27,5 anos e que 80,0% realizaram o pré-natal. Em relação aos neonatos, a média de peso ao nascer foi 1.084g e a idade gestacional de 30 semanas; 23,0% foram a óbito e a média de peso foi de 688g. Quanto ao tempo de permanência na terapia intensiva, dos 46 sobreviventes, a mediana foi 10 dias e a de internação hospitalar 49,5 dias. Foram submetidos à intubação e à ventilação mecânica (69,6%), à cateterização central (78,3%) e à nutrição parenteral (98,7%). Dos egressos do Berçário, 75,0% realizaram seguimento no Ambulatório Neonatal. O segundo momento, na abordagem qualitativa, os dados foram obtidos pela observação participante e entrevista com os pais de bebês egressos da UTIP/N do HU-USP. Adotou-se como referencial teórico-metodológico a Antropologia Cultural e a Etnografia. Da análise das narrativas, emergiram seis categorias culturais e subcategorias que evidenciaram dois temas: \"A capacidade para tornarem-se pais de um RNP/MBP: momentos de luta e crescimento\" e \"O cuidar e conviver com o filho\". Os pais vivenciaram todo o processo permeado pela ambivalência de sentimentos em que o medo e a esperança predominaram. Relataram que essa experiência foi marcante e transformadora, atribuíram à religiosidade, aos profissionais de saúde e à assistência especializada a sobrevida do filho. Sentiram-se capacitados para cuidar da criança após a alta hospitalar, embora tenham reconhecido a existência de obstáculos que emergiram do contexto sociocultural para desempenharem os papéis de pai e mãe. / This paper is a case study, it has the purpose of characterizing the preterm newborn with very low weight admitted in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units by birth until the first year of life, as an Out Patient, and to understand the parents experience. I opted to do the research in two moments: the first one as a quantitative approach with sixty preterm newborn with very low weight, which were in the of the University Hospital at Sao Paulo University during the period 1999-2000. The data has been collected using the dossier with a specific instrument. The results showed that (50.9%) of mothers were primiparous, the average age was 27.5 years, 80.0% did prenatal. Reporting newborn, the average of birth weight was 1.084g and the pregnancy age was thirty weeks; 23.0% died, the average of birth weight was 688g. The median of permanence of the 46 survivors in ICU was 10 days and in hospital was 49.5 days. 69.6% were submitted to intubation and mechanical ventilation; 78.3% used a central catheter and 98.7% to parenteral nutrition. 75.0% of the babies from Nursery were accompanied in the Out Patient Neonatal Unit at University Hospital during the first year of life. The second moment, with a qualitative approach, the data were collected using the participant observation and the interview with ICU preterm newborn parents. We adopted Cultural Anthropology and Ethnography as theoretical reference methodologies. From this analysis emerged six cultural categories and subcategories that showed two cultural themes: \"The capacity to be parents of a very low weight preterm newborn: fighting moments and growth\" and \"Caring and living together with a child\". Parents lived all the process with fear and hope. They said this experience was very intense and transforming, attributing child\'s life to religion, health professionals and specialized care. They felt capable to take care of the child after hospital discharge, although recognized new obstacles in the social-cultural context to carry out the responsibility of being parents.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Literature has shown that Malawi is experiencing a shortage of qualified healthcare providers, with the greatest burden on maternal and neonatal health. The majority of health service providers are Nurse-Midwife Technicians (NMT), contributing to 87% of the nursing and midwifery workforce. However, research has shown that the NMTs lack the ability to transfer skills into different clinical settings. It was not known what competencies were taught in Christian Health Association of Malawi colleges to equip the NMTs with clinical competence in neonatal nursing practice and how the clinical teachers assisted these NMTs to acquire the competencies. Furthermore, there was no documentation on the availability of a clinical competency-based assessment tool to validate the NMTs’ achievement of clinical competence in neonatal nursing. The purpose of this study was to develop a neonatal nursing care clinical competency-based assessment tool to validate NMTs’ achievement of clinical competence in CHAM nursing colleges. The competency, outcomes and performance assessment (COPA) model and the skills acquisition model were the conceptual frameworks used as the foundation of the study. The study adopted a sequential mixed method approach in which both qualitative and quantitative methods were utilized. Data collection was conducted using focus group discussions, document review and cross-sectional survey. The design and development model developed by Reeves (2006) and steps to development of assessment tools identified by the Department of Training and Workforce Development (2012) guided the study and development of the competency-based assessment tool. The study was conducted in eight CHAM nursing colleges. The researcher employed purposive, convenient and proportional stratified sampling to select the participants. Ethics clearance was obtained from the University of Western Cape and the National Health Sciences Ethical Research Committee in Malawi, prior to data collection. The data collection involved 31 midwifery clinical teachers and 140 third year students for the FGD and 48 midwifery clinical teachers and 195 third year students for the cross section survey. Document analysis was conducted at all the eight nursing colleges. The qualitative data was analysed using content analysis with Atlas.ti 7 and the quantitative data was analysed using descriptive analysis with SPSS 22. The research findings showed that the NMTs were taught basic nursing skills to enable them provide basic care to the health newborn baby. However, there were inadequate clinical assessments done to validate the NMT’s achievement of clinical competence in this setting. In addition, the clinical teachers used skills checklists to evaluate the NMTs clinical performance on specific procedures. The outcome of this study was the establishment of neonatal nursing clinical competencies, and development of a neonatal nursing care clinical competency-based assessment tool for the validation of NMT’s achievement of clinical competence. The tool provides a framework for neonatal nursing clinical teaching and assessments as well as tracking of the NMT’s clinical performance in this setting. It is recommended that training institutions should reinforce mechanisms to track the students’ clinical experience and performance assessments using this tool to ensure quality student outcomes. Furthermore, the clinical teachers should be oriented on the use of the developed assessment tool for familiarisation; thereby enhancing consistency and objectivity in the students’ performance assessments. / ICAP-NEPI Project Malawi