The NICU experience: How does it affect the parents' relationship?

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-357

  Manning, Alexander N ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

fathers; mothers; NICU; stress; support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

ADULT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869447026     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e3182710002     Document Type: Article

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