Aims and objectives To explore how parents and nurses experience partnership in neonatal
intensive care units and to identify existing barriers and facilitators to a successful …

Problem Preterm birth is a stressful event. Paternal experiences of having a preterm infant
indicate a need for tailored support. However, it is unclear which interventions work best …

In the World Health Organization/United Nations Children's Fund document Baby-Friendly
Hospital Initiative: Revised, Updated and Expanded for Integrated Care, neonatal care is …

Aims and objectives. To explore what fathers perceive to be facilitators or barriers to their
involvement with their infants. Background. Fathers make unique and important …

Background Parents of infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) find
themselves in a situation of emotional strain. Communication in the NICU presents special …

Objective To discover parents' perceptions of closeness to and separation from their preterm
infants in the NICU. Design Qualitative descriptive. Setting Urban Level III NICU. Participants …

Objective To explore how parents interact with their infants and with nurses regarding the
provision of comfort care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Design Focused …

Objective To compare maternal and paternal experiences of very preterm (VPT) birth
(gestational age< 32 weeks) and the NICU stay. Design Qualitative study. Setting Data …

Objective To explore mothers' perceptions of family centred care (FCC) in neonatal intensive
care units (NICUs) in England. Design The qualitative experiences of 12 mothers from three …

Aim We quantitatively analysed the effect of a course in communication on the content of
nurse–parent encounters and the ability of nurses to respond to the empathic needs of …