NURSING COLLABORATION BETWEEN NICUS IN THE NETHERLANDS

Objective To describe a neonatal network in The Netherlands regarding the nursing collaboration between Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) on innovation and research. In The Netherlands perinatal intensive care is highly organized in 10 centers spread over the country: >95% of premature infants (<32 weeks GA) are born in one of these centers. In 2006 a total of 4178 newborns were admitted in a NICU, yielding a mean admission rate of 418 per center (range, 255–578).(1) Each NICU has 1–2 satellite centers for post-intensive care management. Methods Information is obtained from the Natio... Mehr ...