Level of knowledge and practice of the nursing staff on the kangaroo mother method in the preterm newborn of the Neonatology service of a Specialized Institute of Lima ‐ 2023

Abstract

Care for the premature newborn is fundamental and complex during the hospital stay until discharge. It is the skills of the healthcare personnel to care for the premature newborn that will help reduce morbidity and mortality, as well as possible future sequelae in these children. The kangaroo mother method is one of the main techniques that is used as an alternative for the care of stable premature infants, since it will help thermoregulation, opportune growth, fundamentally supporting exclusive breastfeeding and, most importantly, strengthening and affective bond between parents-neonate., thus reducing the days of hospital stay. Objective: To determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and practice of the nursing staff on the kangaroo mother method in the premature newborn of the neonatology service of a Specialized Institute of Lima - 2023. Methodology: A study will be carried out that will apply the hypothetical deductive method, quantitative approach, nonexperimental design, cross-sectional descriptive correlational level, which will have a questionnaire to measure the level of knowledge and an observational guide to measure the practices; both instruments will be applied in nurses of the neonatology service. The population consists of 50 nurses that work in neonatology area of a specialized Institute in Lima – 2023.

La atención hacia el recién nacido prematuro es fundamental y compleja durante el tiempo hospitalario hasta el alta. Son las destrezas del personal asistencial para cuidar del recién nacido prematuro lo que ayudará a disminuir la morbimortalidad, así como las posibles secuelas a futuro en estos niños. El método mamá canguro es una de las principales técnicas que se utiliza como alternativa para el cuidado del prematuro estable, ya que ayudará a la termorregulación, un crecimiento oportuno apoyando fundamentalmente la lactancia materna exclusiva y lo más importante fortaleciendo un vínculo afectivo entre padres‐neonato, disminuyendo así los días de estancia hospitalaria.