Early Initiation of Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) Reduces Length of Stay: A Quality Improvement Project.

Infants born at ≤ 32 weeks gestation are at risk of developmental delays. Review of the literature indicates NIDCAP improves parental satisfaction, minimizes developmental delays, and decreases length of stay, thus reducing cost of hospitalization. Half (50.6%) of the infants admitted to this 84-bed...

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Published in:	Journal of Pediatric Nursing Vol. 32; pp. 59 - 64
Main Authors:	Moody, Cheryl, Callahan, Tiffany J., Aldrich, Heather, Gance-Cleveland, Bonnie, Sables-Baus, Sharon
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	W B Saunders Jan/Feb2017
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost