Components of developmental care and the evidence for their use in the NICU

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 174-181

  Byers, Jacqueline Fowler ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Infant; Neonatal intensive care unit; Physiologic adaptation

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; SUCKING; TOUCH; UNITED STATES;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MODELS, NURSING; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TOUCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644310921     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200305000-00007     Document Type: Review

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