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Parents may experience emotional distancing from their baby, due to their response to their baby's congenital abnormality, as well as physical separation due to their baby's hospitalisation in the NICU. NICU nurses can help facilitate the development of closeness between babies and parents in the NICU.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>This qualitative interpretive description study involved face\u2010to\u2010face, semi\u2010structured interviews with twelve neonatal nurses following which the data collected were thematically analysed. 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