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Life after loss: Parent bereavement and coping experiences after infant death in the neonatal intensive care unit |
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| Authors: | Erin R. Currie Becky J. Christian Pamela S. Hinds Samuel J. Perna Cheryl Robinson Sara Day |
| Affiliation: | 1. University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, Birmingham, AL, USA;2. School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA;3. Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes, Children’s National Health System, NW Washington, DC, USA;4. University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA;5. School of Nursing, Birmingham, AL, USA;6. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, Memphis, TN, USA |
| Abstract: | The death of an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a profound and unexpected loss for parents that results in a complex process of coping with bereavement. A descriptive qualitative approach was used to explore parent bereavement and coping experiences after infant death in the NICU. The dual process model of coping with bereavement was used as a conceptual framework to help understand how parents cope with grief after infant death. Living with infant death was a process that resulted in major life changes and a process of oscillating among various coping strategies. |
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