Creating a small baby program: a single center's experience

J Perinatol. 2022 Feb;42(2):277-280. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01247-8. Epub 2022 Jan 1.

Abstract

Creation of a small baby program requires special resources and multidisciplinary engagement. Such a program has the potential to improve patient care, parent and staff satisfaction, collaboration and communication. We have described benefits, challenges, and practical approaches to creating and maintaining a small baby program that could be a model for the development of special programs for other sub-populations within in the NICU.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Communication*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Small for Gestational Age
  • Parents*