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Jinhee Park

    Nursing for Women'S Health
    |February 22, 2020
    PubMed
    Summary

    Promoting quality sleep in preterm infants is vital for their development and can improve clinical outcomes. Nurses play a key role in implementing interventions to support infant sleep in the NICU.

    Keywords:
    NICUbehavioral statesneonatal intensive care unitneurodevelopmentpreterm infantsleepwake

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