Safe Transition to Home: Preparing the Near-term Infant for Discharge

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-113

  Pados, Britt Frisk ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge; Late preterm; Near term; transition to home

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250160198     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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