The attitudes and practices of neonatal nurses in the use of Kangaroo care

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Chia, Pauline ^a   Sellick, Ken ^b   Gan, Sharon ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kangaroo care; Neonatal intensive care unit; Neonatal nursing; Neonates; Parent infant attachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VICTORIA;

EID: 33747121343     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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