For preterm infants, skin-to-skin hit affects hormone levels — and might foster parental engagement

Amadeo23 Oct, 2018News

Promoting early hit and parental rendezvous competence assistance to relieve a risk of neurodevelopmental check compared with preterm birth and NICU care, according to a exploratory investigate by Dorothy J. Vittner, PhD, RN, CHPE, of University of Connecticut School of Nursing and colleagues. They write, �Parental touch, generally during skin-to-skin hit (SSC) has intensity to