Physiological and structural features of premature infants differ from mature newborns. Families worry about touching their very sensitive and fragile babies, which are quite different from their expectations, and they seriously concern about how they will take care of their babies who are cared for by the specialist staff at the hospital when they are discharged to home. Different approaches and models are applied in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) to prepare families, especially mothers, for the discharge process and to overcome these fears of the parents. However, most of the time, investigators observe in both researches and units that these approaches are not efficient. In this study, which investigators started with the questions as "What can investigators do better in this issue?" and "How can investigators help families more in this process?", investigator have seen that Family Integrated Care (FICare) model is applied in some clinics abroad and successful results have been obtained. However, investigators did not come across a study that applied this model and examined the effect of it on parents on being ready for discharge. Since this study will be a first in terms of both this aspect and the application of this model in our country, in this unique study, investigators aim to draw attention to this approach in our country, also contribute to keeping the premature babies healthy. Research Hypotheses: H0 There is no difference between the readiness for discharge of mothers and fathers included in the FICare model compared to the control group. H1 The hypothesis of this study is that the mothers included in the FICare model have higher levels of discharge readiness than the control group. H2 The hypothesis of this study is that the fathers included in the FICare model have higher levels of discharge readiness than the control group.
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Family Integrated Care model and evaluation of routine care practicesevaluation) will increase the readiness of parents.
Timeframe: up to nine months