Patricia A. Waltman is an associate professor in the school of nursing and a neonatal nurse practitioner at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. She coordinates and teaches in the neonatal nurse practitioner track in the graduate nursing program. tion of antiepileptic drugs by the mother. Status epilepticus is an immediate threat to both mother and fetus and significan...

BACKGROUND Evidence internationally suggests that staffing constraints and non-supportive work environments result in the rationing of nursing interventions (that is, limiting or omitting interventions for particular patients), which in turn may influence patient outcomes. In the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), preliminary studies have found that discharge preparation and infant comfort ca...

Patricia A. Waltman is an associate professor in the school of nursing and a neonatal nurse practitioner at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. She coordinates and teaches in the neonatal nurse practitioner track in the graduate nursing program. tion of antiepileptic drugs by the mother. Status epilepticus is an immediate threat to both mother and fetus and significan...

Improving the quality of facility based neonatal care is central to Background: tackling the burden of neonatal mortality in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). Quality neonatal care is highly dependent on nursing care but a major challenge facing health systems in LMICs is human resource shortage. In Kenya, task-shifting among professional care cadres is being discussed as one potential st...

The adolescent patient is often inadequately provided for within current health care systems as they are generally considered to be a healthy population group1. Studies report that they are often infrequent users of primary health care services such as general practitioners (GPs)2,3. In order to improve health care for this group, adolescent perspectives of health care services should be consid...

ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe the nursing team’s adherence patient safety actions in neonatal units using a validated instrument. Methods: cross-sectional study, carried out through direct observation of team and descriptive analysis 182 records “Checklist for care during hospitalization Neonatal Intensive Care Units” hospital municipality Belo Horizonte. Results: there was evidence greater ...

BACKGROUND Neonatal intensive care unit admission rates are an important birth outcome indicator for Medicaid managed care organizations. OBJECTIVES To reduce neonatal intensive care unit admission rates by at least 15% and to maintain that reduction through implementation of a quality improvement program. STUDY DESIGN The organization performed a longitudinal population-based review of its...

This study was designed to observe the overall neonatal mortality and pattern of neonatal death in a developing country. The factors related to neonatal mortality are also analyzed. This retrospective study was carried out in all pediatric patients in a tertiary level hospital of a developing country in the year 2008. Total neonatal (0-28 days) and non-neonatal (after 28 days-12 years) admissio...