Publication: Kangaroo Care Implementation [with The Zaky ZAK] - Quality Improvement Project

The Sobreviver Project (Survive)

By Mary Coughlin, RN, MS, NNP, Caring Essentials Collaborative, LLC. Boston.

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 15, Issue 4, December 2015, Pages 169-173

The Kangaroo Care Device used in this Quality Improvement Project is the ergonomically designed Kangaroo Zak/The Zaky ZAK made by Nurtured by Design.

Mary Coughlin explaining why she selected The Zaky ZAK

One of the hospitals made this video.

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