Infant sleep position: Nursing practice and knowledge

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 301-304

  Peeke, Kathleen ^a   Hershberger, Marjorie ^a   Kuehn, Dorothy ^b   Levett, Jacqueline ^b  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing care; Nursing evaluation research; Sudden Infant Death; Supine position

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED; BODY POSTURE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; PEDIATRICS; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033226956     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-199911000-00008     Document Type: Article

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