Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 23, 2025

Clinical Practice Protocol of Creative Music Therapy for Preterm Infants and Their Parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Published on: January 7, 2020
[The place of parents in pediatric intensive care]
1Hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP, université de Paris, 48 boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France.
Insights
Parents can now stay with children in pediatric intensive care units, transforming daily care. Caregivers have adapted to this evolving presence, changing the reality of hospitalization.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric intensive care medicine
- Family-centered care
Background:
- Parental presence in pediatric intensive care was historically viewed as an obstacle.
- Evolving healthcare practices now permit continuous parental presence.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the realities and implications of parental hospitalization in pediatric intensive care.
- To understand caregiver adaptation to daily parental presence.
Main Methods:
- Observational study of parental presence in pediatric intensive care.
- Qualitative analysis of caregiver experiences and adaptations.
Main Results:
- Caregivers have successfully integrated daily parental presence into their workflow.
- Parental presence is no longer perceived as a significant obstacle.
Conclusions:
- Continuous parental presence is a feasible and integrated aspect of modern pediatric intensive care.
- Caregiver adaptation has facilitated a more family-centered approach in intensive care settings.
Abstract:
Pediatric intensive care is a highly technical sector in which the presence of parents can be a real obstacle. An undeniable evolution allows them today to be permanently near their child, a daily presence with which the caregivers have learned to work. In this sense, it is interesting to look at the reality of a hospitalization in pediatric intensive care.
Related Concept Videos
Parentral Nutrition: Centeral and Peripheral Parental Nutrition
PN can be administered through two primary routes:
1. Central Parenteral Nutrition (CPN):
CPN involves delivering a high concentration of nutrients through a large vein. This is typically achieved using a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) or,...
Parental Care
Endotracheal Intubation II: Nursing Management
1. Nursing Care of Patients Before Intubation
Before the endotracheal intubation procedure, nurses play an essential role in ensuring the process goes smoothly. The nurses must be familiar with intubation...
Ethical Dilemmas I
Let us explore some examples to understand the potentially complex moral decisions nurses face.
Take the case of caring for minors, particularly in areas related to reproductive...
Relationship with Parents: Attachment
Acute Respiratory Failure-V
Ensure that patients are monitored continuously for their response to therapy, including changes in...

