Pilot Study of Nursing Touch and Biobehavioral Stress

Exclusion Criteria

• •Diagnosed with Grade III/IV intraventricular hemorrhage or other neurologic abnormality (e.g. seizure disorder) affecting sensory perception or motor function.
• •Diagnosed with a congenital anomaly requiring surgery during the neonatal period.
• •Receiving scheduled steroids or vasopressors.
• •Skin conditions that preclude the attachment of sensors.
• •Diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome or born to mothers with known illicit drug use, except marijuana, during pregnancy.
• •Diagnosed with chromosomal abnormalities.
• •Requiring special isolation with universal gloving for potentially infectious pathogens.