Help in times of crying: Nurses' approach to parents with colicky infants

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-274

  Helseth, Sølvi ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Infant colic; Infant crying; Nurses; Nursing approach; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; COLIC; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COOPERATION; CRYING; EDUCATION; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PARENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLIC; CRYING; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036833508     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02368.x     Document Type: Article

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