Home visit to premature and low birth weight newborns: nurse's experience report.
Ana Izaura Basso de Oliveira, Monika Wernet, Gabriele Petruccelli and 2 others
PMID 38194515WHAT IT FOUND
Nurses who made home visits to mothers of premature and low birth weight babies described early visits, listening, and encouraging kangaroo holding as support.
This is an experience report, not proof the visits improved outcomes.
Key findings
01The first home visit was intended to occur soon after discharge, within three days or at most one week.
02The visits were described as focused on sensitive listening, building a bond with the mother, and encouraging kangaroo holding.
03The visitors reported that mothers felt more confident presenting demands and seeing the nurse as support.
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What it does not show
It is an experience report by the nurses who conducted the visits, so the accounts may reflect their own perspective. Only eight mothers took part, and 17 of 31 invited women refused, so it is not a broad sample. It reports experiences and proposed documents, not measured patient outcomes, so it cannot show that the home visits improved care or health. The visits combined listening, education, and kangaroo encouragement, so no single component can be separated. The work occurred during the pandemic, and some families refused because of fear of home visits.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as proof that nurse home visits improve neonatal or maternal outcomes. It is an experience report from eight mothers and the nurses who visited them, with no measured outcomes or comparison.