Parents as Their Infant's Primary Caregivers in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-163

  Nyqvist, Kerstin Hedberg ^a,b   Engvall, Gunn ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Neonatal intensive care unit; Parental role

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SWEDEN;

EID: 61349202149     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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