Debra Huffman Brandon

Journal article Neonatal network : NN · July 2007 Featured Publication PurposeTo evaluate the effect of changes in the NICU environment on sound levels.DesignA prospective quasi-experimental design evaluated sound levels in a 43-bed NICU. Decibel levels were monitored utilizing a data-logging dosimeter for 2 ... Full text Cite

Development of behaviors in preterm infants: relation to sleeping and waking.

Journal article Nursing research · September 2003 Featured Publication BackgroundAlthough nurse clinicians and researchers use infant behaviors to indicate the responses of preterm infant to stimulation, little is known about how the biological factors of development, sleeping and waking states, infant characteristic ... Full text Cite

Preterm infants born at less than 31 weeks' gestation have improved growth in cycled light compared with continuous near darkness.

Journal article The Journal of pediatrics · February 2002 Featured Publication ObjectivesOur purpose was to evaluate the benefits of cycled light (CL) versus near darkness (ND) on health in preterm infants born at <31 weeks' gestational age.Study designRandomized, interventional study comparing infants receiving (1) ... Full text Cite

Nursing care and the development of sleeping and waking behaviors in preterm infants.

Journal article Research in nursing & health · June 1999 Featured Publication The relationship between nursing care and the development of sleep-wake behaviors of 71 medically high-risk preterms was examined. The development of preterm infants' sleep-wake states, jitteriness, and negative facial expressions were influenced not only ... Full text Cite