Balancing preterm infants' developmental needs with parents' readiness for skin-to-skin care: A phenomenological study

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kymre, Ingjerd Gare ^a   Bondas, Terese ^a  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Kangaroo Care (KC); Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC); NICU nurses; Proximity; Reflective lifeworld research; Skin to skin care (SSC); Touch

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NORWAY; NURSE; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TIME; UTILIZATION; ARTICLE; KANGAROO CARE (KC); KANGAROO MOTHER CARE (KMC); METHODOLOGY; NICU NURSES; PROXIMITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFLECTIVE LIFEWORLD RESEARCH; SKIN-TO-SKIN CARE (SSC); TOUCH; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DENMARK; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; NORWAY; NURSES; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

KANGAROO CARE (KC); KANGAROO MOTHER CARE (KMC); NICU NURSES; PROXIMITY; REFLECTIVE LIFEWORLD RESEARCH; SKIN-TO-SKIN CARE (SSC); TOUCH;

EID: 84880276536     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v8i0.21370     Document Type: Article

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