NIDCAP definition

NIDCAP means the Newborn Individualized Develop- mental Care and Assessment Program, an education and training program for health care professionals.
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Examples of NIDCAP in a sentence

  • One psychologist and 7 nurses were officially NIDCAP trained when they completed the questionnaire.

  • Fifty-eight percent of the other respondents were not interested in doing the official NIDCAP training themselves, 24% was not sure and 17% did want to do the NIDCAP training.

  • When forming a NIDCAP team, all relevant disciplines should be included, such as physicians, managing personnel, psychologists, social workers and a parent representative (to include parent opinions).

  • A second similar linear regression analysis was carried out with the actual behavior (the use of the NIDCAP method during caregiving) as dependent factor and with intention as an additional independent variable.

  • Neutral or even negative scores were found on the items "..my job satisfaction due to the demand for reduced light" (mean=3.14) and "The individual NIDCAP care plans have influenced the conditions for fulfilling my tasks" (mean=2.85).

  • There was a possibility for respondents to provide additional remarks about the NIDCAP implementation in their NICU on the last page.

  • A suggestion is to introduce a developmental care or NIDCAP notebook or an email box where staff can indicate on which subjects they need additional practical information or if they want individual instructions during caregiving.

  • Seventy-four percent (124 out of 168) of the questionnaires were returned and respondents were in general positive with regards to NIDCAP and felt that using NIDCAP is fulfilling and leads to improvement in the infant’s development, health and well-being.

  • When exploring opinions of the impact of NIDCAP on the NICU conditions, we only included the respondents working for 4 years or more at the hospital to make sure they were able to report on the change over time due to the implementation of NIDCAP.

  • A difference between nurses and medical specialists was that nurses received more clinical NIDCAP lessons.

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