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How much time should kids really be spending on screens?
three toddlers on a mat on the floor of a playroom looking at a tablet

How much time should kids really be spending on screens?

Screens, tablets, and mobile devices are everywhere, and parents have to navigate exposure for their children in a digital world, balanced with physical activities and sleep.

Penn Today Staff

The NICU ensures safe sleep one swaddle at a time
person holding swaddled newborn baby

The NICU ensures safe sleep one swaddle at a time

The Women & Babies Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit focuses on promoting sleep safety techniques with parents while their baby is still in the NICU.

Penn Today Staff

Improvements needed for care, safety of pediatric patients in hospital settings
Woman in blue shirt sitting with desk behind her. Desk is filled with lamp, two computer screens, a printer and a coffee mug tree.

Eileen Lake is the Jessie M. Scott Endowed Term Chair in Nursing and Health Policy, a professor of nursing and sociology, and associate director of Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania.

Improvements needed for care, safety of pediatric patients in hospital settings

Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research found that when acute-care settings have better work environments for nurses, children are better protected.