A GROUNDED THEORY MODEL OF MOTHER ROLE DEVELOPMENT WHILE IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

When a woman discovers that she is pregnant, she begins a process of internal work to develop her mother role. This process has been outlined in the literature for the delivery of a healthy full-term baby, however little is known about the process for mothers of medically fragile babies. A threatene...

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Main Author: Isaacs, Kathy B.
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2013
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/nursing_etds/10
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=nursing_etds