A survey of nursing care for parents and infants with cleft lip and palate.

This survey of the hospital nurse's role in patient care when a child is born with an orofacial cleft included nursing assistance offered new parents, identification of specialists for habilitation of the child, and inservice nursing education programs. Findings from 52 hospitals indicated that adequate assistance and information concerning special services for parents and child were not available. Some hospitals offered inservice nursing education in care of parents and children with facial clefts. Suggestions are made concerning nursing education programs in cleft lip and palate.