End-of-life care in the neonatal intensive care unit: applying comfort theory.

Related Articles End-of-life care in the neonatal intensive care unit: applying comfort theory. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2016 Jul 02;22(7):317-23 Authors: Marchuk A Abstract The provision of quality end-of-life care is essential when a neonate is dying. End-of-life care delivered in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) must consider the needs of both the newborn and their family. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how comfort theory and its associated taxonomic structure can be used as a conceptual framework for nurses and midwives providing end-of-life care to neonates and their families. Comfort theory and its taxonomic structure are…
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