Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 87-93 , June 2008

Improving Nutrition in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: A Quality Improvement Project

  • Mindy Morris, RNC, MS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Mindy Morris, RNC, MS, Children's Hospital Orange County, 455 S. Main Street, Orange, 92868 CA.

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 Children's Hospital Orange County was a participant in the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) NIC/Q 2005 Quality Improvement Collaborative. Our individual success represents the application of quality improvement methods and resources adopted as a result of participation in the VON NIC/Q 2005 Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Collaborative for Neonatology. The results and opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the participants in the VON NIC/Q Collaborative or VON.

PII: S1527-3369(08)00037-8

doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2008.03.010

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 87-93 , June 2008

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