Foster Grandmothers In the Premature Nursery

Abstract

MAUREEN M. LA ROSSA, RN, is a nurse researcher in the Developmental Continuity Clinic, Department of Newborn Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, JOSEPHINE V. BROWN, PhD, a psychologist from Georgia State University, designed and participated in the study. She is now in West Germany at the Abeilung Fur Psychologic Universitat, Bielefeld. The authors thank Anges Campbell, Sue Krueger, Grady and Atlanta Foster Grandparent Program, and Ralph LaRossa, Paula Dressel, and Roger Bakeman for their support and assistance with this article.