Mother-child joint lodging: building a strategy of humanization in care

Abstract

This is a report of an experience on the implementation of joint lodging in the Sofia Feldman Hospital, in Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the objective of presenting and discussing the care given to mothers of newborn babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of this hospital. This initiative has the intention of facilitating and encouraging mothers to stay with their children in the NICU in order to strengthen the bond between mother and child. With care centered on the family and the humanization of care as theoretical references, it has been possible to observe the benefits for the child/mother/family, which shows the need to improve the experience.