From "Baby Barn" to the "single family room designed NICU": A report of staff perceptions one year post occupancy

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-103

  Cone, Sharon K ^a   Short, Suzanne ^a   Gutcher, Gary ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Newborn intensive care unit design; Post occupancy survey; Single family room; Staff perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953069038     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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