Comforting Your Baby In Intensive Care

A booklet written for parents  - and with parents -  to help them learn about infant pain and the important role parents can play, in partnership with the health care team, to keep their baby comfortable during intensive care

  • The evidence-based information can also be useful to health care professionals as a teaching aid to promote parent engagement and family-centered care
  •  This booklet helps parents learn about:
  • How babies feel pain and how it affects them
  • How to tell if your baby is in pain
  • How to help make a more comfortable environment for your baby
  • Things that you can do to comfort your baby

iBook Versions – English and Spanish: Open iBooks app on the iPad, tap Store, search title (Comforting Your Baby in Intensive Care or Cómo reconfortar a tu bebé cuando está en cuidados intensivos), download the desired language edition.  These iBooks can also be downloaded to a Mac computer.  Note: not available for iPhone or other tablet devices        

**PDF Versions

Download PDF of Comforting Your Baby In Intensive Care by Linda Franck (in English)

Download PDF of Comforting Your Baby In Intensive Care by Linda Franck (in Spanish) 

Poster

Poster for Comforting Your Baby In Intensive Care by Linda Franck (in English)

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Print Version

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Download PDF of Comforting your Baby in Intensive Care by Linda Franck (in English, print version)

Comforting Your Baby in Intensive Care - in Portuguese 

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Comforting Your Baby in Intensive Care - in French 
 
Comforting Your Baby in Intensive Care - in Arabic
 
Comforting Your Baby in Intensive Care - in Hungarian (short version)
 
For more information about any of these resources, please email Professor Franck: [email protected]