Universal newborn hearing screening: One hospital's project improved follow-up rates for infants who didn't pass the initial test

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 71-77

  Wittmann Price, Ruth A ^a   Pope, Kathy A ^b  

^a DESALES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pottsville Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATAL SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036833458     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200211000-00031     Document Type: Article

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