Vigilant watching over: Mothers' actions to safeguard their premature babies in the newborn intensive care nursery

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 39-57

  Hurst, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family centered care; Interactions; Mothers' actions; Neonatal nursing; Newborn intensive care; Premature infants; Professional family relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL ERRORS; MOTHERS; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SAFETY;

EID: 0035755380     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-200112000-00005     Document Type: Article

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