Practice variation in the transfer of premature infants from incubators to open cots in Australian and New Zealand neonatal nurseries: Results of an electronic survey
International Journal of Nursing StudiesPublished 28 November 2009
Karen New, Fiona Bogossian, Christine East, Mark W Davies
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Practice variation exists; many practices are uniformly performed throughout neonatal nurseries in Australian and New Zealand; commonality was seen between countries and in nurseries with a neonatal intensive care unit.
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Practice variation exists however; many practices are uniformly performed throughout neonatal nurseries in Australian and New Zealand. Commonality was seen between countries and in nurseries with a neonatal intensive care unit. Variation was significant between neonatal intensive care units and special care baby units and nurseries in metropolitan and rural locations.
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