Theories Related To MCN

 

1. Bonding and Atachmen heory (John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworh)  

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Occurring immediately afer birth that reects mother-inant aachment Establishing a bond between mother and newborn acilitated by physical and  skin-skin contact Inant suckling, visual contact between mother and inant and the mother’s  ondling o the inant are involved.

2. Maernal Role Atainmen Theory  (Ramona Mercer)  

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Process o becoming a mother 4 sages: Ancipaory Starts with the social and psychological on the role by studying the experiences o the role. Mothers antasize about the role, dealing with the etus in the womb and begin to play a role Formal Starts by assuming the role at the me o delivery, behavior is guided by a ormal role, consensual expectaons on others in the social system o the mother. Informal Starts as the mother develop a unique way o relang to the role which is not believed by the social system Personal Experience the mother will be harmony, condence and competence in the way she did the role, the role o motherhood is achieved. Served as guidelines or nurses in assessing the inant and its environment  used to ideny the purpose o the baby, providing assistance to inants with educaon and support, providing services to inants who are unable to perorm sel-care and able to interact with the baby and the environment

3. Synacve Theory of Infan Developmen (Heidelise Als)  Serves as basis or understanding preterm behavior.  The inant’s behavior is viewed as a subsystem o unconing, each system  can be described independently, uncons in relaon to the other  sub-systems.  The process o sub-system interacon or synacon is combined with the

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inant’s connuous interacon with the parents and environment to ormulate the synacve theory o inant development. The sub-system includes the autonomic, motor, state, interaconal and  sel-regulatory system.

 

4. Universe of Developmenal Care Model  (Gibbins, e al) 

Reormulaon o neonatal developmental care theory

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Portrays a paent and amily centric environment within the health care environment

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Recognizes the link between all developing systems and the caregiver/ amily while simultaneously providing a praccal basis or ormulang individualized paent care plans within the NICU that emphasizes on assessment and documentaon (sleep, pain and stress assessment, management o acvies o daily living (posioning, eeding and skin care), amily centered care.)

5. The Moher and Child Inegrave Developmenal Care Model 

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Advocates a broad range o intervenons designed to minimize the negave impact o such an environment, improving neurodevelopmental outcomes. Includes controlling, external smuli such as sound, light and acvity, encouraging amily involvement and considering appropriate comorng measures. It advocates an individual approach to care that is dictated by cues rom the inant.

6. Barnard’s Paren-child Ineracon Model 

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The parent-inant system was inuenced by individual characteriscs o each member and that the individual characteriscs were also modied to meet the needs o the system. Denes the modicaon o adapve behavior Development o assessment tool to evaluate child health growth and development while viewing the parent and child as an interacve system. Inant’s clarity o cues Inants responsiveness to the caregiver Parent’s sensivity to the child’s cues