China News Service, Chengdu, April 17 (Reporter Wang Peng) In the public impression, once a sick newborn is admitted to the neonatal ward, it means separation from their parents.
Only during the short visit time every day, parents can look at their children from a distance... In mid-April, a family-oriented ward for newborns was put into use in Chengdu. Parents can accompany the newborn children 24 hours a day, and bid farewell to the "suffering of separation".
The picture shows the traditional neonatal ward.
Photo by Liu Zhongjun
In a neonatal family ward of Chengdu Women and Children's Central Hospital, Ms. Chen and her husband are taking care of a baby less than one month old in the incubator.
She told reporters that the baby suffered from neonatal pneumonia a few days ago. She thought she had to be separated from the child for a period of time, but she did not expect that the family ward of the hospital would allow her to stay with her husband.
"It is best for parents to accompany their children. This kind of ward is convenient for our parents, and we can observe the changes of the baby's condition. We can observe how the baby eats and sleeps every day." Ms. Chen happily Said that the baby can be with him all the time when he is sick and hospitalized, and the anxiety is relieved a lot.
Beside him, the husband is monitoring the baby's sleep quality.
In the neonatal family ward, the nurse guides the novice father.
Photo by Liu Zhongjun
Ju Rong, director of the neonatology department of Chengdu Women and Children's Central Hospital, told reporters that in the family ward, parents can accompany the newborn 24 hours a day, participate in treatment and care, and cooperate with medical staff to jointly promote the child's early recovery.
The reporter learned that the neonatal family ward makes the parents of newborns no longer anxious due to separation, and at the same time receives professional nursing training according to their needs, such as basic newborn care, early identification of abnormal situations, simple disposal in emergency situations and even special situations. care, such as home oxygen therapy or ostomy care, "to be better and more professionally involved in your baby's care".
"At the same time, for those who are parents for the first time, they can learn to feed, dress, pack, change diapers, skin care, etc. in the family ward under the guidance of medical staff, which is conducive to professional newborn care. The service extends from the hospital to the family." Jurong said that after completing such a hospitalization, the parents of the newborn have undergone a "training assessment", which can further reduce the readmission rate of premature infants after discharge and promote the healthy growth of newborns.
In the neonatal home ward, nurses guide new mothers to feed.
Photo by Liu Zhongjun
Ju Rong introduced that the neonatal family ward and family participatory nursing are a kind of care mode based on respecting the neonatal family and maintaining an equal relationship between medical care and infants and their parents. It is an inevitable trend in the development of the biological-physiological-social medical model. .
This model has been widely carried out in the United States, Canada, Finland, Australia and other countries in recent years, and there are currently few in China.
The neonatal family ward put into use in Chengdu this time is the first batch in Sichuan.
"Although the protagonist of the neonatal family ward is the newborn baby, if the newborn mother needs treatment, the obstetrics, gynecology, breast surgery and other departments can also intervene to provide a 'one-stop service' for the newborn baby and the mother. "In Jurong's view, the neonatal family ward encourages family members to actively participate in clinical care work, which is also the development trend of China's neonatology in the future.
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