{"title":"Special Considerations in the Nursing Care of the Very Low Birth Weight Infant","authors":"Anne McCormick RN MS","doi":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb02185.x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Improvement in obstetric and neonatal care has resulted in an increase in the number of very low birth weight infants (less than 1000 grams) being cared for in neonatal intensive care units. This article addresses issues related to the special nursing implications required in the care of these infants.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75963,"journal":{"name":"JOGN nursing; journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing","volume":"13 6","pages":"Pages 357-363"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1984-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb02185.x","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"JOGN nursing; journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0090031115308875","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Improvement in obstetric and neonatal care has resulted in an increase in the number of very low birth weight infants (less than 1000 grams) being cared for in neonatal intensive care units. This article addresses issues related to the special nursing implications required in the care of these infants.