Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 191-198, November 2008

Evaluating the effectiveness of gel pillows for reducing bilateral head flattening in preterm infants: a randomized controlled pilot study☆

  • Alyce A. Schultz, RN, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Patricia A. Goodwin, RNC

      Affiliations

    • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME 04102, USA
    • ,
  • Cynthia Jesseman, RN, NNP

      Affiliations

    • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME 04102, USA
    • ,
  • Heidi G. Toews, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME 04102, USA
    • ,
  • Megan Lane, RN, FNP-C

      Affiliations

    • Maine Centers for HealthCare, Scarborough, ME 04074, USA
    • ,
  • Christine Smith, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn, Inc., Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA

Received 2 August 2006; received in revised form 21 November 2006; accepted 28 November 2006.

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☆ This study was conducted at the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME 04102.

PII: S0897-1897(06)00143-1

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2006.11.003

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 191-198, November 2008

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