Nurses’ strategies to provide emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Maleki, Maryam; Mardani, Abbas; Harding, Celia; Basirinezhad, Mohammad Hasan; Vaismoradi, Mojtaba

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Nurses’ strategies to provide emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Maryam Maleki, Abbas Mardani

, Celia Harding

, Mohammad Hasan Basirinezhad, Mojtaba Vaismoradi

Women's Health, Volume: 18, Start page: 174550572211046

Swansea University Author: Mojtaba Vaismoradi

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Aim:To synthesize and integrate current international knowledge regarding nursing strategies for the provision of emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.Methods:A systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken. Four English-language...

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Nurses’ strategies to provide emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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