Interference of environmental factors in the sleep and rest of high-risk newborns

Abstract

The objective of this research was to learn about the experiences lived by nursing professionals related to the environmental factors that interfere with the sleep and rest of high-risk newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit. Field research was performed using a qualitative approach in a private hospital in the rural area of São Paulo. Data was collected from a recorded interview with 18 nursing professionals (13 nursing technicians and 5 nurses) that used three guiding questions. The responses were grouped, and the following key expressions and central ideas were extracted according to the proposed method of the Collective Subject Discourse, and this information originated the discourses that revealed the participants' concern about the need to minimize possible unnecessary exposure to lighting, noise and excessive handling as a way to contribute to the recovery of high-risk newborns.