Abstract
Birth at extremely low gestational ages presents a significant threat to infants’ survival, health, development, and future well-being. After birth, a critical period of brain development must continue outside the womb. Neuro-supportive and neuroprotective family centered developmental care for and standardized care practices for extremely preterm infants have been shown to improve outcomes. Neuroprotective interventions must include a focus on the emotional connections of infants and their families. Being in skin-to-skin contact with the mother is the developmentally expected environment for all mammals and is especially important for supporting physiologic stability and neurodevelopment of preterm infants.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 563-583 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2018 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Critical Care
Keywords
- Core measures
- Developmental care
- Integrative
- Neonatal
- Neuroprotection
- Small baby programs
- Parturition
- Parents/psychology
- Humans
- Gestational Age
- Family Nursing/methods
- Pregnancy
- Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
- Female
- Infant, Extremely Premature
- Child Development
- Infant, Newborn