Shhh. . . I'm Growing: Noise in the NICU

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-344

  Laubach, Vickie ^a   Wilhelm, Patricia ^a   Carter, Katie ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Neonatal; Neonatal intensive care unit; Newborns; Noise; Preterm; Sound; Sound levels

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFANTS; NEONATAL; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORNS; NOISE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PRETERM; REVIEW; SOUND; SOUND LEVELS;

INFANTS; NEONATAL; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORNS; NOISE; PRETERM; SOUND; SOUND LEVELS;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NOISE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE;

EID: 84906334497     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2014.05.007     Document Type: Review

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