title: Caring for a critically ill Amish newborn.
abstract: This article describes a neonatal nurse's personal experience in working with a critically ill newborn and his Amish family in a newborn intensive care unit in Montana. The description includes a cultural experience with an Amish family with application to Madeleine Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality.
authors.affiliation: Community Medical Center, Missoula, Montana, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000451:nursing; D008297:Male; D009009:Montana; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D009742:Nursing Theory; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D033303:Protestantism / Q000523:psychology*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D035502:Trust