The Australian journal of advanced nursing : a quarterly publication of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation
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To survey the attitudes and practices of Australian neonatal nurses in the use of kangaroo care (KC) and identify possible concerns with promoting KC in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). ⋯ This study confirms neonatal nurses strongly support the use of KC in the NICU. Although the majority of nurses reported positive attitudes and practices, they did identify a number of educational and practical concerns that need to be addressed to ensure KC with low birth weight infants is safe and effective.