PECULIARITIES OF THE NURSING PROCESS IN INFANTS WITH DOWN’S SYNDROME

• Published in: Pediatricheskai͡a︡ farmakologii͡a︡ : nauchno-prakticheskiĭ zhurnal Soi͡u︡za pediatrov Rossii Vol. 9; no. 5; pp. 113 - 119
• Main Authors: Merzlova, N. B., Serova, I. A., Yagodina, A. U.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Union of pediatricians of Russia 05-10-2012
• Subjects: down’s syndrome; nursing effectiveness; nursing process; patient’s problems; perinatal pathology; typology of the psychological aid for the mothers having given birth to children with perinatal pathology
• ISSN: 1727-5776; 2500-3089
• DOI: 10.15690/pf.v9i5.463

Nursing process arrangement for infants with Down’s syndrome requires nonroutine solutions when nurse’s professional capacity criterion is her psychological and pedagogical preparation, personality traits favoring the real communication with children and parents, vision of the future and a desire to find a way out of the impasse. Nursing process for infants with Down’s syndrome is put into effect in an extreme stress situation with a time limit on making a decision about whether to take a child in a family or to give it up, while it is also important that the nursing process as a method of consequent systematic professional nursing in corpore. A description of all stages of the nursing process for infants with Down’s syndrome is given, a map of each nursing process stage is made, a typology of psychological adaptation of mothers having given birth to children with perinatal pathology is given, recommendations on psychological aid for mothers of the infants with Down’s syndrome on the basis of the 4 aforementioned types of adaptation to an existing situation are structured.