A quality improvement project focused on women's perceptions of skin-to-skin contact after cesarean birth

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 294-303

  Moran Peters, Judith Ann ^a   Zauderer, Cheryl Robyn ^b   Goldman, Susan ^a   Baierlein, Jennifer ^a   Smith, April Eve ^a,c  

^a HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cesarean birth; Quality improvement; Skin to skin contact

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NURSING; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84906277209     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-486X.12135     Document Type: Article

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