Journal articleInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods · January 1, 2026
Collecting and analyzing qualitative research with large datasets is inherently complex and often difficult to convey in traditional manuscripts. Contemporary guidance on managing such datasets, especially those with multiple data sources, is limited. Impl ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · October 2025
BackgroundNeonatal nurses have a major role in helping parents engage with their infant. A high level of parent participation, called Parent-Partnered Care, integrates parents as full partners in the delivery of hospital care to their infants. One ...
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Journal articleJ Pediatr · August 2025
OBJECTIVE: To develop and pilot an intervention to support communication and decision-making for critically ill infants. STUDY DESIGN: In this single-arm, mixed-methods, prospective, feasibility study, we enrolled infants, parents, and clinicians at a sing ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · August 2025
BackgroundEarly parent involvement in an infant's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stay has positive benefits for the parent, the preterm infant, and the parent-infant relationship. H-HOPE (Hospital to Home: Optimizing the Preterm Infant's Envi ...
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Journal articleJournal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · July 2025
ObjectivesTo quantify maternal sleep during the 24 hours before hospital discharge after childbirth and to identify and describe the antecedents and contexts of waking.DesignSecondary analysis of data from an observational video study.
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · June 2025
BackgroundThere is sufficient evidence to support safe discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with nasogastric tube (NGT) feedings when appropriate caregiver education, outpatient support, and feeding therapy are available.Purp ...
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Journal articleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities · February 2025
Postpartum women experience multiple, co-occurring postpartum symptoms. It is unknown if social determinants of health (SDOH) influence postpartum symptom typologies. This secondary analysis used the Community and Child Health Network study data. Participa ...
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Journal articleJ Pain Symptom Manage · January 2025
INTRODUCTION: Spirituality serves as a mechanism to understand and cope with serious illness, yet little is known about how families and clinicians incorporate spirituality in pediatric family conferences. OBJECTIVES: We sought to characterize the frequenc ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · August 2024
BackgroundAcquired human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a noteworthy disease in infants. This case study will highlight the influence of early diagnosis of CMV retinitis (CMVR) on avoid visual impairment.Clinical findingsWe describe a preterm f ...
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Journal articleJournal of advanced nursing · July 2024
AimTo delineate between the concepts of parental presence, participation, and engagement in paediatric hospital care.DesignThe concepts' uses in the literature were analysed to determine attributes, influences, and relationships.Metho ...
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Journal articleSurg Today · July 2024
PURPOSE: To identify tidal volume (VT) and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) associated with the lowest incidence and severity of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) for each phenotype based on preoperative characteristics. METHODS: The subj ...
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Journal articleClinical nursing research · July 2024
This study aimed to explore whether differences exist in anesthesia care providers' use of intraoperative medication between African American and non-Hispanic White patients in adult surgical patients who underwent noncardiothoracic nonobstetric surgeries ...
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Journal articleJournal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · July 2024
ObjectiveTo examine the relationship between emotional distress and mother-preterm infant interactions among mothers who used skin-to-skin care and to explore their experiences of childbirth and continuous skin-to-skin care.DesignA sequen ...
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Journal articleNursing research · May 2024
BackgroundPostpartum women experience an array of psychological symptoms that are associated with adverse health behaviors and outcomes including postpartum suicidal ideation and long-term depression. To provide early management of postpartum psyc ...
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Journal articleBiol Res Nurs · April 2024
BACKGROUND: An increased allostatic load (cumulative physiologic wear and tear of the body) can lead to adverse health outcomes. Symptom experiences are known to influence allostatic load. Yet, the relationships between postpartum symptom typologies and ma ...
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Journal articleArchives of women's mental health · April 2024
To identify subgroups of postpartum women with different psychological symptom profiles at 2 and 6 months postpartum and to examine how they transition between symptom profiles over time using latent transition analysis (LTA). We used secondary data from t ...
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Journal articlePLoS One · 2024
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of diaper change frequency, clinical characteristics, and skin health metrics on development of the skin microbiota in preterm infants. DESIGN: A randomized controlled parallel design was used. METHODS: Medically stable pr ...
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Journal articleHealth equity · January 2024
Systematic reviews are used for synthesizing and summarizing published research on any given topic and population of interest. These reviews can expand knowledge within a content area but are limited by place and time values, which can perpetuate bias and ...
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Journal articleJ Pediatr · November 2023
OBJECTIVE: To characterize (1) the prevalence of mental health discussion and (2) facilitators of and barriers to parent disclosure of mental health needs to clinicians. STUDY DESIGN: Parents of infants with neurologic conditions in neonatal and pediatric ...
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Journal articleJournal of pediatric nursing · November 2023
Background & purposeRelatively little is known about the parents' challenges and coping in making decisions for children with complex, life-threatening conditions. Therefore, this secondary analysis aimed to explore the challenges and coping betwe ...
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Journal articleResearch in nursing & health · October 2023
Many postpartum women experience postpartum symptoms which often occur in clusters (i.e., three or more co-occurring symptoms that are related to each other). To date, research has focused on individual symptoms, which limits our understanding of how postp ...
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Journal articleJournal of clinical nursing · August 2023
BackgroundBirthing individuals experience various postpartum symptoms which have been associated with adverse health outcomes. Previous systematic reviews have focused on the examination of individual symptoms and their impact on health, which hav ...
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Journal articleJournal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · June 2023
Parents of children born with complex life-threatening chronic conditions (CLTCs) experience an uncertain trajectory that requires critical decision making. Along this trajectory, hope plays an influential but largely unexplored role; therefore, this quali ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · April 2023
PurposeAssessing fluid output for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit is essential to understanding fluid and electrolyte balance. Wet diaper weights are used as standard practice to quantify fluid output; yet, diaper changes are intrusive ...
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Journal articleNeurology · February 21, 2023
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Clinicians often communicate complex, uncertain, and distressing information about neurologic prognosis to parents of critically ill infants. Although communication tools have been developed in other disciplines and settings, non ...
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Journal articleNeonatal Netw · November 11, 2022
Purpose: Family support is essential for women with preterm infants during hospitalization. In low-income countries, the additional burden of infant care due to shortages in nursing staff necessitates that family members (guardians) be physically present t ...
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Journal articleAnn Neurol · October 2022
OBJECTIVE: We characterize the content and role of prognostic discussion for infants with neurologic conditions. METHODS: In this descriptive qualitative study, we prospectively enrolled infants (age < 1 year) in the intensive care unit with a neurologic c ...
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Journal articleJ Pediatr · June 2022
OBJECTIVE: To characterize decisional satisfaction, regret, and conflict among parents of critically ill infants with neurologic conditions. STUDY DESIGN: In this prospective cohort study, we enrolled parents of infants with neurologic conditions in the in ...
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Journal articleAdv Neonatal Care · April 1, 2022
BACKGROUND: Hospitalization of a newborn infant is stressful for all mothers. Hospitals in Malawi have limited nursing staff and support, so mothers are the primary care providers for their hospitalized infants. Few studies have explored the experience of ...
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Journal articleJ Child Neurol · March 2022
Parents and clinicians caring for infants with neurologic disease often make high-stakes decisions about infant care. To characterize how these decisions occur, we enrolled infants with neurologic conditions, their parents, and their clinicians in a longit ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · February 2022
BackgroundAccurate diagnosis and timely management of neonatal late-onset sepsis (nLOS) have been less well-studied than those of early-onset sepsis. We noticed a delay in nLOS detection and management in our neonatal intensive care unit.Purpo ...
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Journal articleEarly Hum Dev · January 2022
BACKGROUND: Bundling nurse caregiving interventions are promoted to minimize infant stress. PURPOSE: To evaluate impact of bundled nursing care and diaper change frequency on vital sign stability and skin health of preterm infants born ≤32 weeks gestation. ...
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Journal articleJournal of neonatal nursing : JNN · December 2021
IntroductionInfants with medical complexity are have multiple chronic conditions and require specialized intensive care. One important factor in optimizing infant health and development is parenting self-efficacy (PSE). The purpose of this study w ...
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Journal articleJournal of pediatric nursing · November 2021
PurposeChildren born with Complex Life-Threatening Conditions (CLTCs) often require complex and specialized services. Parents of children with CLTCs balance the role of caregiver with other responsibilities of employment, education, relationships, ...
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Journal articleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · September 2021
ObjectiveTest web-based implementation for the science of enhancing resilience (WISER) intervention efficacy in reducing healthcare worker (HCW) burnout.DesignRCT using two cohorts of HCWs of four NICUs each, to improve HCW well-being (pr ...
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Journal articleBiological research for nursing · July 2021
BackgroundDue to global immaturity, very low birthweight (VLBW) infants (<1,500 g) require auxiliary thermal and respiratory care. However, the impact of respiratory care on infant thermal stability remains unclear.AimsExamine the associa ...
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Journal articleThe Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing · July 2021
Benefits of skin-to-skin contact (SSC) are documented but often delayed in the extremely preterm population due to medical complexity and staff misconceptions about safety. This quality improvement initiative was designed to increase SSC utilization among ...
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Journal articleAANA journal · June 2021
Intraoperative ventilator induced lung injury is associated with development of postoperative pulmonary complications. Despite advances in modes and methods of mechanical ventilation, postoperative pulmonary complications remain as one of the leading cause ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · April 2021
BackgroundParenting confidence is an important factor in fostering optimal health and development of infants with medical complexity. However, our understanding of how parents of medically complex infants describe development of confidence is limi ...
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Journal articleBMC Pediatr · March 24, 2021
BACKGROUND: Multi-sensory behavioral interventions for preterm infants have the potential to accelerate feeding, growth, and optimize developmental trajectories and increase parents' interactive engagement with their infants. However, few neonatal intensiv ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · February 2021
BackgroundHospital unit leaders help set the unit's priorities and are responsible for guiding the unit mission and philosophy of care; however, the perspective of leaders in facilitating parent engagement within intensive care units is limited.
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Journal articleBMC pediatrics · October 2020
BackgroundVery low birth weight (VLBW) infant thermal instability upon neonatal intensive care unit admission has been associated with respiratory morbidity; however, the association between ongoing thermal instability and respiratory morbidity re ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · August 2020
BackgroundLiterature dating back to 1982 supports the use of ultrasound to confirm UVC position as a more reliable method compared to x-ray. The use of ultrasound to confirm UVC position remains infrequent in the NICU.PurposeTo determine ...
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Journal articleAdv Neonatal Care · February 2020
BACKGROUND: Mother-infant interactions are necessary for infant growth and development. However, preterm birth is associated with less positive mother-infant interactions than full-term birth. Malawi has the highest preterm birth rate in the world, but stu ...
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Journal articleEarly human development · February 2020
PurposeThe aim of this prospective, longitudinal study was to (1) examine the development of parenting self-efficacy (PSE), (2) explore the influence of contextual factors (e.g., family functioning, family centered care, and infant medical caregiv ...
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Journal articleNurs Outlook · 2020
BACKGROUND: Mothers of preterm infants, early or late, report more distress than mothers of full-term infants. Malawi has the highest preterm birth rate in the world, but nothing is known about the relation of preterm birth to maternal mental health. PURPO ...
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Journal articleNursing research · January 2020
BackgroundPrevious studies demonstrated a short-term relationship between infant sleep-wake states and oral feeding performance, with state being an indication of infants' neurobehavioral readiness for feeding. However, the relationship between sl ...
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Journal articleJournal of Neonatal Nursing · December 1, 2019
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Journal articleJCI Insight · October 3, 2019
Previous studies have demonstrated the presence of microbial DNA in the fetal environment. However, it remains unclear whether this DNA represents viable bacteria and how it relates to the maternal microbiota across body sites. We studied the microbiota of ...
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Journal articleJ Child Neurol · October 2019
Parents of infants at risk of neurodevelopmental impairment require clear and individualized information about what to expect for their child, yet data suggest they have difficulty knowing how to ask for this information. Here, we pilot a Question Prompt L ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · August 2019
BackgroundEnteral feeding tubes (EFTs) are commonly used in neonatal practice, but complications from tube misplacement remain a concern. Measuring the pH of EFT aspirate is a recommended method to evaluate EFT placement. A pH value of ≤5.5 is con ...
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Journal articlePediatrics · July 2019
BACKGROUND: Parents and clinicians caring for premature infants face high-stakes and time-sensitive decisions about care. We aimed to characterize how parents and clinicians discuss outcome in the context of decision-making for premature infants. METHODS: ...
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Journal articleNursing research · July 2019
BackgroundParents often play a main role in establishing the dietary patterns of preschool children, but there is no clear understanding about the relationship between parental psychological distress and child diet and body mass index (BMI).Ob ...
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Journal articleInternational breastfeeding journal · January 2019
BackgroundChinese mothers of preterm infants often face obstacles to breastfeeding and commonly experience prolonged maternal-infant separation when their high-risk infants are hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This separation ...
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Journal articleBMC palliative care · September 2018
BackgroundMedical advances have led to new challenges in decision-making for parents of seriously ill children. Many parents say religion and spirituality (R&S) influence their decisions, but the mechanism and outcomes of this influence are unknow ...
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Journal articleWomen and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives · August 2018
ProblemLittle is known about the home practices and care given to neonates born in Egypt.BackgroundTwo thirds of all infant deaths in Egypt occur in the neonatal period and many of these deaths occur in the home environment out of sight o ...
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Journal articleThe American journal of hospice & palliative care · June 2018
PurposeTo examine bereaved parents' physical, mental, and social health during the first 6 months after their child's (<12 years) death from a life-threatening illness.Background and significanceBereaved parents have higher mortality and ...
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Journal articleMicrobiome · May 31, 2018
BACKGROUND: The infant skin microbiota may serve as a reservoir of bacteria that contribute to neonatal infections and stimulate local and systemic immune development. The objectives of our study were to characterize the skin microbiota of preterm and full ...
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Journal articleJ Perinatol · April 2018
OBJECTIVE: To develop a question prompt list tailored to the needs of parents of critically ill infants at risk of neurodevelopmental impairment. STUDY DESIGN: Question content was derived from audio-recorded neonatal intensive care unit family meetings an ...
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Journal articleInternational Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences · January 1, 2018
Malawian mothers regardless of gestation at birth find pregnancy to be a stressful period that triggers worry due to a fear of maternal death. Research has mostly focused on maternal depressive symptoms regardless of gestation. Limited literature exists on ...
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Journal articleResearch in nursing & health · December 2017
Preterm birth has been associated with greater psychological distress and less positive mother infant interactions than were experienced by mothers of full-term infants. Maternal and infant sociodemographic factors have also shown a strong association with ...
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Journal articleMatern Child Nutr · October 2017
Parents demonstrate an important influence on adolescent obesity and dietary behavior; yet, family-based obesity interventions continue to exhibit limited success among adolescents. To further inform family-based approaches for adolescent obesity treatment ...
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Journal articleANS. Advances in nursing science · October 2017
This article examined the concepts of parenting self-efficacy, parenting confidence, and competence. Using Morse's method of concept delineation, a literature review of each concept was conducted to uncover commonalities, distinctions, and measurement over ...
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Journal articleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · September 2017
ObjectiveThe current study examined the relationship between sleep state development across the preterm and early post-term periods and subsequent growth trajectories from 1 to 27 months corrected age.Study designRetrospective analysis of ...
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Journal articleRes Nurs Health · August 2017
Day-night cycled light improves health outcomes in preterm infants, yet the best time to institute cycled light is unclear. The hypothesis of this study was that extremely preterm infants receiving early cycled light would have better health and developmen ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · August 2017
BackgroundRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading viral cause of death in infants younger than 1 year. In July 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Infectious Diseases concluded that the "limited clinical benefit" f ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · August 2017
BackgroundNeonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a growing problem in the United States, affecting 32,000 infants annually. Although breastfeeding would benefit infants with NAS, rates among these mothers are low.PurposeThe purpose of this ...
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Journal articleDeath studies · May 2017
Bereaved parents have higher morbidity and mortality rates when compared to nonbereaved parents. Although parental grief is well studied, the complexities of challenges bereaved parents face are not understood. This study describes parental bereavement cha ...
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Journal articleWomen & health · February 2017
In the United States, Black adolescents have the highest prevalence of pediatric obesity and overweight among girls. While Black girls are disproportionately affected, the reasons for this health disparity remain unclear. The authors conducted a systematic ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · February 2017
BackgroundLate preterm birth is associated with lower rates of breastfeeding and earlier breastfeeding cessation than term birth.PurposeThe objectives of this secondary analysis were to compare the incidence of exclusive breastfeeding aft ...
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Journal articleWestern journal of nursing research · January 2017
Nursing scientists have long been interested in complex, context-dependent questions addressing individual- and population-level challenges in health and illness. These critical questions require multilevel data (e.g., genetic, physiologic, biologic, behav ...
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Journal articleMCN. The American journal of maternal child nursing · July 2016
PurposeTo examine the change in psychological distress of mothers of preterm infants and its association with maternal feeding behaviors as the infant transitions to full oral feeding.Study design and methodsThis descriptive exploratory s ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · April 2016
BackgroundNeonatal intensive care nurses have historically been responsible for preparing enteral feedings--a costly and time-consuming process that may require leaving the bedside. To address these concerns, the Milk Technician Program was implem ...
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Journal articleBiological research for nursing · March 2016
BackgroundNonelective removal of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) due to complications continues to be a major concern in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) around the world. Nonelective removal results in interruption of intrave ...
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Journal articleJournal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · November 2015
ObjectiveTo describe the effect of maternal body mass index (BMI) on infant breastfeeding behaviors (poor, steady, vigorous) and the transition of the mother-infant dyad to exclusive, direct breastfeeding during the first month of life.Design< ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · October 2015
ObjectiveTo identify how the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) environment potentially influences the microbiome high-risk term and preterm infants.Data sourcesElectronic databases utilized to identify studies published in English inclu ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · August 2015
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Journal articleMaternal and child health journal · July 2015
To compare maternal report of planned and practiced home sleep locations of infants born late preterm (34 0/7 to 36 6/7 gestational weeks) with those infants born term (≥37 0/7 gestational weeks) over the first postpartum month. Open-ended semi-structured ...
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Journal articleNursing research · May 2015
BackgroundAmong infants born prematurely, competence at oral feeding is necessary for growth and hospital discharge. Extremely preterm (EP) infants (28 weeks of gestational age [GA]) are at risk for a variety of medical complications, which can li ...
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Journal articleRevista latino-americana de enfermagem · May 2015
Objectiveto develop a risk score for unplanned removal of peripherally inserted central catheter in newborns.Methodprospective cohort study conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit with newborn babies who underwent 524 catheter inserti ...
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Journal articleJ Perinatol · March 2015
OBJECTIVE: Evaluate changes in end-of-life care following initiation of a palliative care program in a neonatal intensive care unit. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study comparing infant deaths before and after implementation of a Palliative Care Program comp ...
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Journal articleAACN advanced critical care · July 2014
ObjectivesThis project evaluated the implementation of use of the StatLock stabilization device (Bard Access Systems, Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah) for peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) in pediatric cardiology patients. The aim was to i ...
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Journal articleMCN. The American journal of maternal child nursing · May 2014
PurposeTo evaluate the impact of the introduction of a new pediatric palliative care program on the pattern of moral distress in pediatric healthcare providers (HCPs).Study design and methodsWe used a before and after cross-sectional surv ...
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Journal articleAORN journal · April 2014
Pediatric emergence delirium is a postoperative phenomenon characterized by aberrant cognitive and psychomotor behavior, which can place the patient and health care personnel at risk for injury. A common tool for identifying emergence delirium is the Level ...
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Journal articleJournal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · February 2014
Breast milk intake is recommended for late preterm infants. Many mothers provide expressed breast milk during hospitalization and anticipate transitioning their late preterm infant to full feedings at-breast after discharge. However, some infants take mont ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · February 2014
ObjectiveTo compare the effect of standardized upper extremity position versus varied upper extremity positions on neonatal peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) tip placement and movement. Secondary outcomes assessed were compliance with ...
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Journal articleNorth Carolina medical journal · January 2014
To address the underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in research-focused nursing doctoral programs, Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) Division of Nursing has partnered with Duke University School of Nursing to establish a Bridge to the Doctorate pro ...
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Journal articleANS. Advances in nursing science · October 2013
"Knowing the patient" is an essential element of nursing practice. Despite a key finding in prior studies, few scholars have directly inquired about the meaning of knowing the patient with nurses. We aimed to describe the meaning of knowing the patient and ...
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Journal articleIntensive & critical care nursing · February 2013
BackgroundReliability of clinical scales and haemodynamic variables for assessing sedation depth in critically children is limited, particularly for those receiving neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs).ObjectiveTo introduce and integrate ...
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Journal articleJournal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners · January 2013
IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to determine if educational intervention with medical providers in combination with a management tool to facilitate clinical guideline usage would (a) increase quality of care, (b) increase compliance with ...
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Journal articleJournal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · January 2013
ObjectiveTo describe parents' care experiences during hospitalization of their children to identify strategies that could improve the provision of patient and family-centered care (PFCC).DesignA two-phase mixed-method descriptive design w ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · October 2012
PurposeTo assess how different infant positions and peak sound levels affected cerebral oxygen saturation over time.SubjectsTwenty-four premature infants who were born less than 32 weeks' gestational age without congenital cardiac, neurol ...
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Journal articleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · July 2012
ObjectiveTo determine whether human milk fortification from the time of the first feeding significantly improves weight gain and bone mineral status in infants of <31 weeks estimated gestational age as compared with delayed or standard human milk ...
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Journal articleJournal of palliative medicine · May 2012
IntroductionHealth care providers' understandings of parental bereavement needs before and in the acute period following the death of an infant with a complex chronic condition are based upon models that outline the process of grief and provide di ...
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Journal articleNewborn and infant nursing reviews : NAINR · September 2011
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a serious birth complication affecting full term infants: 40-60% of affected infants die by 2 years of age or have severe disabilities. The majority of the underlying pathologic events of HIE are a result of impaire ...
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Journal articleNewborn and infant nursing reviews : NAINR · September 2011
Premature infants are at risk for intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) theorized to be a result from fluctuations in cerebral blood flow. Monitoring cerebral oxygenation offers a method to observe changes in cerebral blo ...
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Journal articleJournal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · June 2011
PurposeElectronic health records are expected to improve the quality of care provided to hospitalized patients. For nurses, use of electronic documentation sources becomes highly relevant because this is where they obtain the majority of necessary ...
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Journal articleJ Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs · 2011
OBJECTIVE: To compare the emotional responses of mothers of late-preterm infants (34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks gestation) with those of mothers of full-term infants. DESIGN: A mixed method comparative study. SETTING: A southeastern tertiary academic medical cent ...
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Journal articleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · June 2010
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of No-Sting skin protectant and Aquaphor, a water-based emollient, on skin integrity measured by Neonatal Skin Condition Score (NSCS) and transepidermal water loss (TEWL) in premature ...
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Journal articleThe Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing · October 2009
With the retirement age of baby boomers drawing near, neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) need to retain and develop new talent. Several hospitals have formed mentoring committees in an effort to preserve new graduate nurses by helping them acclimate to ...
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Journal articleCrit Care Med · October 2009
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the effects of critical illness in the daily lives and functioning of acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors. Survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome, a systemic critical illness, often report poor quality of life ...
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Journal articleMCN. The American journal of maternal child nursing · November 2008
Although the number of women who relinquish their infants is declining, it is estimated that over 52,000 young women pursue an adoption plan every year. Perinatal nurses practicing in any facet of perinatal care may provide care for a woman implementing an ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · October 2008
PurposeTo evaluate die effect of changes in die 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 ...
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Journal articleEarly Childhood Services · March 2008
Family-centered care (FCC) is an essential aspect of providing holistic, developmental care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and requires a collaborative relationship between the family and health care providers. By working as a team, the family ...
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Journal articleNeonatal network : NN · November 2007
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is the cessation of normal eye development and subsequent abnormal vessel growth that occurs exclusively in premature infants. ROP was first discovered in the 1940s and was for two decades the leading cause of blindness in ...
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Journal articleJournal of palliative medicine · August 2007
ObjectivesDespite 56% of child deaths occurring in inpatient hospital settings, who these children are and how they die has not been fully described. The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of those infants and children who d ...
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Journal articleNeonatal network : NN · July 2007
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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 ...
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Journal articlePediatric nursing · July 2007
To improve care of children who die in acute care settings there is a need to develop a clearer understanding of the barriers to provision of palliative care. The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences and views of health care providers in g ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · June 2007
Prune belly syndrome, a rare congenital anomaly, exists almost exclusively in males and consists of genital and urinary abnormalities with partial or complete absence of abdominal wall musculature. The syndrome, caused by urethral obstruction early in deve ...
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Journal articleJournal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · May 2007
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy causes significant morbidity and mortality in neonates. Preventing the secondary reperfusion injury that occurs following a hypoxic-ischemic event is paramount to ensuring the best possible neurologic outcome for the neonate ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · February 2007
The need for conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) is a common one in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The goals of CMV are to facilitate adequate gas exchange, minimize the risk of lung injury/damage, decrease the patient's work of breathing, ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · June 2006
Critically ill infants are among the most medically fragile patients in hospitals today. Given their size and gestational age, the tolerance for error within this population is extremely small. Medical errors that may seem inconsequential in adults can hav ...
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Journal articleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · June 2006
Patient safety is one of the greatest imperatives in healthcare today; however, there are many obstacles that must be overcome to make the healthcare system truly safe. This article describes one approach to successful implementation of a pediatric patient ...
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Journal articleThe Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing · October 2005
The developing lung is subject to events, both prenatal and postnatal, that alter the normal developmental process. The degree of insult or injury affects how the lung functions at birth and then responds to the insult throughout childhood. In this article ...
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Journal articleNewborn and Infant Nursing Reviews · September 1, 2005
Because of the vulnerability of preterm infants and the important functions of sleep to health and recovery, researchers have used the assessment of sleep-wake states extensively in research with preterm infants. Sleep-wake states have been used to evaluat ...
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Journal articleInfant Behavior and Development · June 1, 2005
Evaluation of risk factors and short-term outcomes in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are essential to identify infants in need of developmental intervention after discharge. This study examined risk factors with the potential to affect short-term ...
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Journal articleNursing research · September 2003
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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 ...
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Journal articleThe Journal of pediatrics · February 2002
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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) ...
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Journal articleResearch in nursing & health · June 1999
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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 ...
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Journal articlePediatric nursing · November 1996
Toilet training is as necessary a developmental step for the child with chronic illness as it is for the healthy child. Helping families and children to achieve this task, despite the demands of the illness, may require modification of usual techniques. As ...
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Journal articleClinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Practice · November 1995
Concepts and assumptions of self-in-relation theory of women's development, as proposed by feminist scholars at the Stone Center in Wellesley, Massachusetts, are applied in this article. This theory was used as a framework to guide staff development and me ...
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Journal articleChildren's health care : journal of the Association for the Care of Children's Health · January 1993
In this article we describe developmental status at 3 years and family utilization of early intervention services of 24 children who were born prematurely and weighed less than 1,500 g or who required mechanical ventilation at birth. Findings indicated (a) ...
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