Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of the Neonatal Nurse Navigator Program on Maternal Stress and Neonatal Cortisol Levels.

Objective: To assess the effect of the Neonatal Nurse Navigator Program (NNNP) compared to usual care on maternal stress and neonatal salivary cortisol level (SCL) in the NICU.

Design: Randomized control trial.

Setting: NICU in a tertiary health care hospital in Manipal, Udupi District, Karnataka, India.