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[Bibliographic study of the mother-child relationship: basis for pediatric and neonatal care]
E A Ferreira1, I M Vargas, S M Rocha
1Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo.
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This review highlights the crucial role of mother-child attachment during pediatric hospitalization. Disseminating this knowledge among nursing professionals is vital for hospitalized children's emotional well-being.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Anthropology
Context:
- Child hospitalization presents unique challenges to the maternal-child dyad.
- The emotional and social development of hospitalized children is significantly influenced by attachment.
- Existing nursing literature on this topic is limited.
Purpose:
- To review the literature on mother-child attachment in the context of pediatric nursing care.
- To identify knowledge gaps and inform nursing practice in pediatric and neonatal settings.
- To emphasize the importance of attachment in nursing interventions during child hospitalization.
Summary:
- This bibliographical review examines mother-child attachment and its implications for nursing interventions during a child's hospitalization.
- It underscores the need for nursing professionals to understand attachment dynamics to support hospitalized children's social and emotional development.
- The study draws on knowledge from psychology, sociology, and anthropology due to limited nursing research.
Impact:
- Enhances nursing practice by integrating attachment theory into pediatric and neonatal care.
- Promotes better social and emotional outcomes for hospitalized children.
- Highlights the need for further nursing research on the critical role of maternal-child attachment.
Abstract:
The study consists of a bibliographical review about the mother and son attachment and its considerations in nursing care intervention, in the child's hospitalization process. In deciding to study this theme we had the purpose to obtain knowledge that would be useful in daily pediatric and neonatal nursing practice. We evidenced the importance of knowledge dissemination about the attachment among the nursing professionals, because their performance can interfere in a significant way in the hospitalized child's social and emotional development. However, in spite of the importance of the theme, few scientific studies in the nursing area were published. For our theoretical knowledge we searched another knowledge areas as psychology, sociology and anthropology.