title: How satisfied are parents supported by nurses with the NIDCAP model of care for their preterm infant?
abstract: The main purpose of implementing the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) in our neonatal intensive care unit from the perspective of quality of care was to bring about an improvement in the satisfaction of parents. This was measured by means of the NICU-Parent Satisfaction Form and the Nurse Parent Support Tool. Parents were significantly more satisfied with care given according to NIDCAP principles than they were with the traditional care for their premature born babies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Academic Medical Center/Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. J.wielenga@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: Joke M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wielenga
authors.forename: Bert J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Smit
authors.forename: Lex K A
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Unk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009426:Netherlands; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration