Mother Goose in the NICU: Support for the Neediest Infants and Their Families
Abstract
Of the 76,510 babies born during an average week in the United States, 7,361—or about 10 percent—are born prematurely.1 Preterm babies, born before the thirty-seventh week of gestation, can be born with underdeveloped organ systems and other health problems that impact their ability to survive on their own outside of the womb.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.16.1.3
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