NICUs could have private rooms for parents to stay nearby to newborns
By Hicbd
Thu Mar 20 2025 12:06 pm
"Private NICU rooms are a new standard for improved patient outcomes. Benefits for babies cared for in single-family rooms include higher weight at discharge and more rapid weight gain. Also, they require fewer medical procedures and experience less stress, lethargy and pain. Researchers have attributed these findings to increased maternal involvement. A private-room setting provides space and privacy sought by parents to breastfeed, practice skin-to-skin bonding, and be more intimately involved in their baby’s care. Private rooms allow parents to stay overnight with their newborn, and give staff more access and interaction with the family and patient."
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