NICU Parent Educational Empowerment Program
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is defined as a person being exposed to a traumatic event that leads to symptoms of intrusive thoughts, persistent avoidance behaviors, mood alterations, and arousal alterations (Clottey & Dillard, 2013). Having an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can be an extremely traumatic and persisting experience for parents due to decreased social support, empowerment, and role competency, along with the stressful environment of the NICU (Clottey & Dillard, 2013; Sabnis et al., 2019).
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