Implementing Skin-To-Skin Contact at Birth Using the Iowa Model: Applying Evidence to Practice

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 220-230

  Haxton, Dawn ^a   Doering, Jennifer ^b   Gingras, Linda ^c   Kelly, Lucy ^b  

^a Aurora Lakeland Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Iowa Model; Kangaroo care; Skin to skin contact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862557798     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01733.x     Document Type: Article

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