Staff nurse utilization of kangaroo care as an intervention for procedural pain in preterm infants

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 229-238

  Benoit, Britney ^a,c,d   Campbell Yeo, Marsha ^a,b,d   Johnston, Celeste ^b,e   Latimer, Margot ^a,d   Caddell, Kim ^c   Orr, Talia ^c  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Maternal Newborn Program   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infant; Kangaroo care; Neonatal intensive care unit; Practice uptake; Preterm; Procedural pain; Skin to skin care; Staff nurse perceptions; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING PRACTICE; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; NEONATAL NURSING; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE PATTERNS, NURSES'; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84980028055     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: 15360911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000262     Document Type: Article

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