[Positioning of premature babies in intensive care and neonatal medicine units]. / Positionnement des bébés prématurés dans les unités de réanimation et de médecine néonatale.

Every child born prematurely has skills that professionals must support in order to promote their development. Motor and postural support constitute two important points in the strategies deployed in this regard. Other techniques, such as position changes and skin-to-skin practice, complete the care and monitoring of the baby.

["The parent has become a true partner thanks to developmental care"]. / « Le parent est devenu un vrai partenaire grâce aux soins de développement ¼.

Malika Jourdain has been a nursery nurse for nearly thirty years and works in neonatology at the children's hospital of La Tronche, in the Isère region. Her rich experience has enabled her to take part in some of the developments that have led to a better understanding of the role of parents with their premature newborn. In particular, the introduction of developmental care has led to upheavals in neonatal services. More than a change in practice, it has led to a paradigm shift.