Implementation of the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations to reduce sudden infant death syndrome risk in neonatal intensive care units: An evaluation of nursing knowledge and practice

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 332-342

  Grazel, Regina ^a   Phalen, Ann Gibbons ^b   Polomano, Rosemary C ^c  

^a OUR LADY OF LOURDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Back to sleep; Infant sleep; NICU; Nursing practice; SIDS; Sleep position

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED; CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION; UNITED STATES;

BEDDING AND LINENS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 78649953697     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e3181f36ea0     Document Type: Article

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