Rush specialkare keepsakes: Families celebrating the NICU journey

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 354-361

  Schwarz, Brooke ^a   Fatzinger, Cindi ^a   Meier, Paula P ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Journaling; NICU; Parenting; Photography; Scrapbooking

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; LIFE EVENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLISHING; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 8744282428     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200411000-00004     Document Type: Review

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