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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2013 Apr-Jun;27(2):184–192. doi: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e31828b244a

Table 2.

Clinical Nursing Implications

Clinical Nursing Implications
Positive caregiver perception of a medical intervention to be carried out in the home may be a critical determinate of caregiver adherence.
Caregivers may express fear regarding infant fragility after discharge from the NICU.
This fear may be alleviated by:

  1. Training in the hospital

  2. Training during home-visits

  3. Increased contact with NICU nurses after discharge

Caregivers may experience increased difficulty adhering to interventions during the first few days after discharge from the NICU.
Caregivers may have difficulty performing multi-step interventions with their preterm infants. This difficulty may be alleviated by increased training.