Testing guidelines for child health care nurses to prevent nonsynostotic plagiocephaly: A Swedish pilot study

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 541-551

  Lennartsson, Freda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Infant adapted pillow; Nonsynostotic plagiocephaly; Occipital flattening; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PILOT STUDY; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PILOT PROJECTS; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUPINE POSITION; SWEDEN;

EID: 82855164110     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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