The Newborn Intensive Care Unit Environment of Care: How We Got Here, Where We're Headed, and Why

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-7

  White, Robert D ^a,b,c  

^a is an assistant professor of nursing at Bethel College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

NICU design; NICU lighting; NICU sound; Single family room; Skin to skin care

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAREGIVER; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; KANGAROO CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOISE REDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIOLOGY;

CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PATIENTS' ROOMS; ROOMING-IN CARE; SENSATION;

EID: 78751473521     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2010.10.002     Document Type: Review

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