Innovative technology offers virtual visitation for families.
Parents of preterm infants and infants with congenital anomalies requiring treatment must begin their relationship with their infant in the unfamiliar and often stressful neonatal intensive care unit, full of strange sights and sounds. Innovative technology such as webcams offers virtual visitation, which holds potential to improve parent-infant bonding and reduce parents' self-perceived stress.
Center for Nursing Research, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Shelley
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Thibeau
Dawn
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Ricouard
Carolyn
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Gilcrease
D000328:Adult; D022143:Family Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014789:Visitors to Patients; D057211:Webcasts as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*