International Journal of
Nursing and Midwifery

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2456
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJNM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 213

Full Length Research Paper

Perception of stressors by mothers with babies admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Women and New Born Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

Maureen Masumo
  • Maureen Masumo
  • Department of Midwifery, Women’s and Child Health Faculty of Nursing, University of Zambia, Zambia.
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Lonia Mwape
  • Lonia Mwape
  • Department of Midwifery, Women’s and Child Health Faculty of Nursing, University of Zambia, Zambia.
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Patricia Katowa-Mukwato
  • Patricia Katowa-Mukwato
  • Department of Midwifery, Women’s and Child Health Faculty of Nursing, University of Zambia, Zambia.
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Margaret Maimbolwa
  • Margaret Maimbolwa
  • Department of Midwifery, Women’s and Child Health Faculty of Nursing, University of Zambia, Zambia.
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Ellen Chirwa
  • Ellen Chirwa
  • Department of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Nursing, University of Malawi, Malawi.
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  •  Received: 06 December 2018
  •  Accepted: 29 March 2019
  •  Published: 30 April 2019

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