Improving the Health of High-Risk Infants

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Improving the Health of High-Risk Infants
By Maura Cappiello, BSN, MSN, CCM
October 1, 2012

Approximately one out of every 10 infants is admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).1 These infants can be born very early and require long hospital stays or admitted at full term for acute reasons or due to congenital anomalies. Regardless of the reason for admission, parents of an infant in a...

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