Brigit Maria Carter, PhD, RN, is Assistant Professor; and DianeHolditch-Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Marcus E. Hobbs Distinguished Professor of Nursing, Professor and Associate Dean for Research Affairs, School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
David Tanaka, MD, is Professor, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Todd A. Schwartz, DrPH, is Research Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Accepted for publication October 10, 2011.
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Thank you to the people of the Duke University Medical Center Intensive Care Nursery for their continued support.
The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.
Corresponding author: Brigit Maria Carter, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, Duke University, 307 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710 (e-mail: [email protected]).
