Nursing Roles in Parental Support: A cross-cultural comparisons between Neonatal Intensive Care Units in New Zealand and Japan

Introduction: Past studies have indicated that nursing support reduces parental stress and anxiety during a child’s NICU hospitalisation and therefore fosters the parents’ abilities to cope with the difficulties they are facing. The importance of parental support has been emphasised in numerous stud...

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Main Author: Ichijima, Emiko
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Health Sciences Centre 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2372