the practice of allowing a mother to keep her baby alongside her in a maternity ward
rooming-in in American English
(ˈruːmɪŋˈɪn, ˈrumɪŋ-)
noun
an arrangement in some hospitals that enables postpartum mothers to keep their babies with them in their rooms rather than in aseparate nursery
Word origin
[1940–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airlift, black box, silkscreen, snorkel, zap
Examples of 'rooming-in' in a sentence
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Risk of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in rooming-in neonates was calculated.
Ken-Hsyuan Shan, Teh-Ming Wang, Ming-Chih Lin 2019, 'Association between rooming-in policy and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia', Pediatrics and Neonatologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957217302619. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The rooming-in rate increased yearly during the study period.
Ken-Hsyuan Shan, Teh-Ming Wang, Ming-Chih Lin 2019, 'Association between rooming-in policy and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia', Pediatrics and Neonatologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957217302619. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between rooming-in and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.
Ken-Hsyuan Shan, Teh-Ming Wang, Ming-Chih Lin 2019, 'Association between rooming-in policy and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia', Pediatrics and Neonatologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957217302619. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To test the hypothesis that rooming-in duration impacts neonatal stress response in hospitalized newborns.
Giuseppe De Bernardo, Marina Riccitelli, Maurizio Giordano, Fabrizio Proietti, DesireeSordino, Mariangela Longini, Giuseppe Buonocore, Serafina Perrone 2018, 'Rooming-in Reduces Salivary Cortisol Level of Newborn', Mediators of Inflammationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2845352. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)