To be on the same frequency, in Medicine; how in preterm babies?

AIM: The communication and relation between the preterm infants is in a specialmeaning. Not verbal but, proper and gentle behavior and touch is the main one askangaroo method.Grounding Aspects: The communication and relation concepts and theunderstanding of the preterm and medical staff, and families are discussed.Idioms are mostly used at the conversations, especially the educational status is highschool or college or even especially medical training, for physicians and medicalprofessions as pediatrics and mainly in Neonatology.Physicians mostly speak in medical standings, that the Deontological concept is physicianand to physician conversations must be in medical literature and cannot beunderstandable from patients. Thus wrong translations can be confirmed.Therefore, talking and mostly differentiates as: a) in academic writing, b) collegiallanguage, c) street language, d) improper language. For preterm and newborns, feelingthe infants need and desires, nonverbal, even by cry translations, summarized as;hungry, sleepy, discomfort, stress and bored.Physicians mostly have problem on confirming the state. Therefore, special proficiencylike medical secretarial education is mostly the useable one. Nonverbal communication isthe most important one and cannot be a liar.In this lecture, we are indicating the idioms and the problems confirmed at the medicineIn babies the only speech is crying, thus the translation mostly by mother, but aphysician and nurse can be confirmed what the baby try to mentioned.For preterm, infants even cannot cry, therefore the conversation between the medicalstaffs and preterm are in special manner. Holding the nipple, feeling comfort and othercool behavior is also a way of and to be on the same frequency.

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  • Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Genetics, Acıbadem Hospital, Eskişehir, TURKEY