Jm. Rikli, PARENTING THE PREMATURE-INFANT - POTENTIAL IATROGENESIS FROM THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE-CARE EXPERIENCE, The Online journal of knowledge synthesis for nursing, 3(31), 1996, pp. 1-21
(1) Developmental outcomes of premature infants are associated with th
e quality of the home environment and the level of parenting skills th
e family possesses. Successful development of the parenting role may b
e negatively influenced by the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) env
ironment and nursing practices. Identification of interventions that p
romote the development of parenting skills in the NICU can potentially
improve developmental outcomes for premature infants.