The effects of giving pacifiers to premature infants and making them listen to lullabies on their transition period for total oral feeding and sucking success

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 644-656

  Yildiz, Aynur ^a   Arikan, Duygu ^b  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lullaby; Nursing; Oral feeding; Pacifier; Premature infants; Sucking success

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC THERAPY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PACIFIER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCKING; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; PACIFIERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84857034439     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03634.x     Document Type: Article

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