Open AccessKangaroo Care for Hospitalized Infants with Congenital Heart Disease
Author(s) -
Amy Jo Lisanti,
Alessandra Buoni,
Megan Steigerwalt,
Michelle Daly,
Stephanie McNelis,
Diane L. Spatz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mcn, the american journal of maternal child nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.326
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1539-0683
pISSN - 0361-929X
DOI - 10.1097/nmc.0000000000000612
Subject(s) - heart disease , medicine , intervention (counseling) , kangaroo care , pediatrics , documentation , disease , nursing , intensive care medicine , computer science , programming language
Kangaroo care (KC), or skin-to-skin care, occurs when an infant is dressed in a diaper and held to a parent's bare chest. This form of holding has been shown to have many benefits for hospitalized infants and has been shown to be a safe and feasible intervention to support infants with congenital heart disease. Despite known benefits, KC was not implemented routinely and consistently in our cardiac center for infants with congenital heart disease. The purpose of this project was to support use of KC as a nursing intervention for hospitalized infants with congenital heart disease and their parents.