A Model of Care For a Whānau/Family-Centred Newborn Transitional Care Unit in Aotearoa New Zealand: An Implementation Science Study
Paula Dellabarca
Abstract:<p><strong>Abstract In Aotearoa New Zealand, an increasing number of low medical risk infants are removed from their mothers and family/whānau and admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or special care baby unit (SCBU), despite needing only minimal interventions such as blood sugar monitoring and supplementary feeding. Internationally, the introduction of newborn transitional care (NTC) units, an intermediary option between NICU/SCBU and standard postnatal wards, has led to several evide… Show more
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