NURSING CARE IN THE PROMOTION OF FAMILY CARE FOR THE NEWBORN PREMATURE

Abstract

Objective: To reflect on nurse's role in promoting family care in the premature neonate from the analysis of scientific production of nursing nationally and internationally on this topic. Methods: This is a literature review on nursing care in the promotion of family care for the newborn infants. Data were published in the last ten years, in journals indexed in databases: LILACS and BDENF. We found 72 publications of which 7 fell on the goal of the research. For analysis of the productions were analyzed to content in the thematic mode, resulting in 3 categories: a) Nurses in Interaction and Parental Guidance b) Care of premature children c) The family and family support network. Results: There were that the nursing team, is still organizing to get the parents in the NICU. Conclusion: Thus, the publications emphasize the importance of not only spur the team interaction and parental guidance, but also to introduce dynamic with professionals and parents as well as support groups among parents who are experiencing the process of prematurity the child and parents who have lived through this process stronger and stronger reception and exchange of experiences. Descriptors: Prematurity, Care, Nursing, Family.