Mental Health Symptoms in Parents of Infants Three Months Post-discharge From Neonatal Cardiac Surgery

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Parents of newborns with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at risk for anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress. Few studies have examined whether modifiable factors that influence parents’ mental health after discharge are present during postoperative care in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (PCICU). This study describes the mental health symptoms of parents of infants with CHD 3 months after PCICU discharge and determines factors during the PCICU stay that are predictors of such symptoms.

Objectives

Identify stressors experienced during their infant’s recovery from cardiac surgery that elicit mental health symptoms in some parents.
Describe parental role alteration as a key modifiable stressor influencing anxiety, depressive, and post-traumatic stress symptoms.
Describe potential interventions to augment the role of parents in the PCICU to mitigate parent mental health symptoms.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

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