Partners in growth: implementing family-centered changes in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Although there are several forces driving changes with regard to parents within neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), they all culminate in the ideals represented in family-centered care. This article examined the variables that are perceived by parents to be barriers to their assumption of parental roles while their infants were hospitalized in the NICU. Data were used to support and implement pragmatic changes in program development and service delivery within the NICU.
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University of Virginia Children's Medical Center, Charlottesville 22908.
Bohlig
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Sutphen
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014195:Travel; D014768:Virginia; D014789:Visitors to Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data