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Educational needs of mothers with newborn twins
ŠIMEČKOVÁ, Tereza
Introduction: Despite the declining trend of multiple pregnancies, twins are encountered quite frequently. Caring for two children at once can be very challenging, and for this reason support from both partner and family, as well as from health care professionals, is important. Nurses responsibilities include educating mothers about newborn care, with safety and breastfeeding playing a major role with newborn twins. Objectives of the work: The first goal was to determine the specifics of nursing care in newborn twins. The second goal was to discover the educational needs of mothers of newborn twins. The third goal was to reveal the most important areas in which the mother needs to be educated and the fourth goal was to find out if there is a difference in educational needs from the perspective of mothers and nurses working in the newborn unit. Methodology: The research part of this work was done in the form of qualitative analysis and semi- structured interview with nurses of neonatology unit and mothers of newborn twins was used for data collection. The interviews were conducted from December 2022 to March 2023. All interviews were recorded on a recording device after consent and then transcribed into Microsoft Word. The analytical software ATLAS.ti was used to analyse, code and generate individual charts. Subsequently, the data were broken down into units, which were assigned appropriate codes, which were further grouped into categories that captured contexts with a direct link to the research questions. Subsequently, the categories and subcategories were processed into clear diagrams. Results: The research showed that the specifics of nursing care for newborn twins clearly include breastfeeding, which has countless benefits for both the newborn and the mother. The areas in which the mother needs to be educated include the aforementioned breastfeeding, but most importantly safety. Among the educational needs of mothers, we can again include breastfeeding and a supportive, empathetic approach from nurses. Differences in educational needs from the perspective of the nurses include practical education with practice and subsequent observation of the mother to see if she is doing the activity well and subsequent re-education. Mothers, on the other hand, would appreciate if another family member participated in the education. Conclusion: The results show that mothers of newborn twins are educated in the same way as mothers with a single newborn. The emphasis is mainly on safety, so that the mother does not leave the children unattended or leave one unattended while she takes care of the other. Breastfeeding is also an important area, with mothers of twins preferring tandem breastfeeding, which means that the mother breastfeeds both babies at the same time. This bachelor thesis can be used in improving the care of mothers with newborn twins and in the teaching of future paediatric nurses.
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