Taking care of their baby at home but with nursing staff as support: The use of videoconferencing in providing neonatal support to parents of preterm infants

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 47-55

  Lindberg, Birgitta ^a   Axelsson, Karin ^a   Öhrling, Kerstin ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Infant; Intervention; Neonatal nursing; NICU; Parents' experiences; Premature; Preterm born; Support; Thematic content analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 61749097948     PISSN: 13551841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnn.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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