Nice parents equal nice babies: an ethnographic study in the newborn intensive care unit

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Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author Carey, Leslie Zaricor
Title Nice parents equal nice babies: an ethnographic study in the newborn intensive care unit
Date 1983-12
Description This thesis presents an ethnographic approach to the study of human behavior in a medical setting. The Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NBICU). Participant observation was the principle method used in this work. The study was conducted in order to explore the social organization in a high-technological, crisis-oriented group of people, seeking to identify patterns of perceptions and psychological reactions of the nursing staff to their everyday work environment. The people within the study group include nurses, parents, and the babies themselves. Each chapter provides a composite statement derived from field notes to illustrate common, recurring behavior patterns in the NBIVU. Interwoven in these observations is relevant literature documenting and supporting these observations. A key analytic concept examined in this study is ritualistic behavior observed in the NBICU. Rituals are featured prominently throughout the study and are seen as important to the function of the unit.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Psychology; Ethnology; Nurses
Subject MESH Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Pediatric Nursing; Stress, Psychological
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "Nice parents equal nice babies: an ethnographic study in the newborn intensive care unit." Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "Nice parents equal nice babies: an ethnographic study in the newborn intensive care unit." available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. RJ25.5 1983 .C37.
Rights Management © Leslie Zaricor Carey
Format Medium application/pdf
Identifier undthes,212020
Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available).
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6db83px