Immersion Swaddle Bathing Compared to Traditional Sponge Baths for the First Newborn Bath in the Hospital and Thermoregulation
In this project, introduction of immersion swaddle bathing positively correlated with improved thermoregulation in newborns. Using swaddle bathing instead of traditional sponge bathing may potentially have positive implications in other newborn settings. More research is needed on types of newborn bathing techniques.
Authors
- Katherine Dalton
Institutions
- Fairfield University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/nmc.0000000000001157
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal skin health care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00