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Developmental Care
During their stay in the NICU, a baby’s environment is critical to their growth and development. However, each neonate has its own needs, and it’s important to create the appropriate environment. Developmental Care helps neonates with the transition from in-utero to extra-utero. It also supports them with many aspects, including:
- Organization
- Regulation
- Homeostasis
- Competence
- System
Infants who receive developmental care demonstrate improved neurodevelopmental outcomes until the age of two. In addition, they seem less likely to develop long-term disabilities and behavioral problems by 5½ years of age.1
In this section, read more about the benefits of Developmental Care.
Resources
Videos and Lectures
- Sandra Jungers Presents
the Fundamentals of Developmental Care - Sandra Jungers on
Developmental Care – Neurosensory Development - Sandra Jungers on
Developmental Care –
Muscular Skeletal System - Dr. Uwe Ewald, Uppsala
University Hospital Sweden:
The merit of Family Centered
Care approach
Research Papers
- Recommended Permissible Noise Criteria for Occupied, Newly Constructed or Renovated Hospital Nurseries
An interdisciplinary group of clinicians reviewed the literature regarding the effect of sound on the fetus, newborn, and preterm infant and based recommended criteria on the best evidence. An external panel subsequently reviewed the criteria.
- Effect of Environmental Changes on Noise in the NICU
To evaluate the effect of changes in the NICU environment on sound levels. A prospective quasi-experimental design evaluated sound levels in a 43-bed NICU.
- Co-Bedding Versus Single-Bedding Premature Multiple-Gestation Infants in Incubators
To compare the physiological stability and behavioral effects of co-bedding with those of single-bedding premature multiple-gestation infants in incubators as well as the psychological effects on their parents.
- Kangaroo Mother Care Diminishes Pain from Heel Lance in Very Preterm Infants- A Crossover Trial
Skin-to-skin contact, or kangaroo mother care (KMC) has been shown to be efficacious in diminishing pain response to heel lance in full term and moderately preterm neonates.
1. Rick SL. Developmental care on newborn intensive care units: nurses’ experiences and neurodevelopmental, behavioural, and parenting outcomes. A critical review of the literature. J Neonat Nurs. 2006;12(2):56-61.