Parents' responses to stress in the neonatal intensive care unit

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 52-59

  Busse, Morgan ^a   Stromgren, Kayleigh ^b   Thorngate, Lauren ^c   Thomas, Karen A ^d  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PARENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883242547     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: 19408250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2013715     Document Type: Article

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