INTEGRATING FAMILY-CENTERED DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONINTO ROUTINE CARE IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT

Authors
MCGRATH JM CONLIFFETORRES S
Citation
Jm. Mcgrath et S. Conliffetorres, INTEGRATING FAMILY-CENTERED DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONINTO ROUTINE CARE IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT, The Nursing clinics of North America, 31(2), 1996, pp. 367
Citations number
104
Categorie Soggetti
Nursing
Journal title
The Nursing clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00296465
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-6465(1996)31:2<367:IFDAAI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Integrating developmental interventions into routing nursing practices in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is difficult given the ind ividualized needs of each infant, the existing environment of the NICU , and the demands placed on neonatal nurses. Yet, with knowledge of th eory and research, competent neonatal staff nurses lan integrate this framework into their routine practice. This integration requires knowl edge, flexibility, sensitivity, and support from all members of the ne onatal team.