Between concepts, experiences and education: a study with mothers of premature newborns
Qualitative Research; Premature Birth; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Maternal Behavior; Health Education
This Final Course Completion Work (TFCC) has as its object of research the experiences of mothers of premature newborns hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In Brazil, approximately 340,000 premature newborns are born per year. These are newborns who are born before completing 37 weeks of gestation, the gestational age that defines the moment when they would be sufficiently mature for an adequate adaptation to extrauterine life. The objective of this study is to listen to the experiences of mothers of premature newborns related to the period of hospitalization in a neonatal ICU. A support and relationship with philosophy was sought, through theoretical contributions on experiences through the reading of Friedrich Nietzsche and the philosophy of the Frenchman Jacques Derrida. Post-critical methodologies were used as means of investigation and treatment of the writings obtained. These are the Otobiographical Method and the Tympanization Method, which guided the Transcreation Workshops. The study brings as a technical product an educational proposal aimed at mothers of newborns admitted to the Neonatal ICU. The results showed that the mothers' narratives constitute an important element for understanding the context, the experiences and the way each one constitutes their experiences. Each mother expressed a unique way of voicing her fear and insecurity during her child's ICU stay. It is still biased and risky to maintain verticalized practices in health institutions, with few gaps to the powers of creation.