title: Sibling visitation--a plan for change.
abstract: The philosophy of family centered care in a newborn intensive care unit encourages not only parent participation but involvement of the well sibling in the family process. This article describes how a group of staff nurses fostered the emotional well-being of the ill neonates's sibling by changing the status of sibling visitation in their unit.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Shea-McAleavey
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Janusz
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008297:Male; D009736:Nursing Process; D009769:Object Attachment; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration; D012801:Sibling Relations; D014789:Visitors to Patients / Q000523:psychology*