Israel is experiencing a shortage of both physicians and nurses in a number of specialties, including neonatal intensive care. Inadequate hospital staffing and high patient demand contribute to the blurring of professional scope of practice boundaries between nurses and physicians. Striking similarities exist between the situation in Israel and the health services landscape in the United States...

The protective rites of a newborn are an important part neonatal care according to Ayurvedic principles. Similar the organization Special Care Neonatal Unit (SCNU) which is essential for reducing mortality and improving quality life survivors, Ayurveda advises meticulous sutikagriha (the puerparial room) kumaragara infant along with rakshakarma (protective rites) maintaining strict asepsis prov...

INTRODUCTION Few studies have attempted to evaluate the relationship between medical and nursing staffing and neonatal outcomes providing inconclusive evidence. The purpose was to assess whether morbidity and mortality of VLBW infants are associated with levels of patient volume, provision and training of medical and nursing, and if exist differences between public and private centers. MATERI...

A bar code medication administration (BCMA) system reduced preventable adverse drug events (ADEs) by 47% in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). However, it is often expected that providers will not welcome technological change. Two years after BCMA system implementation, we studied the perceptions of nurses in our NICU to better understand their opinions about patient safety, use, acceptan...

Background. Pregnancy of women addicted to drugs is a public health problem in most countries, leading to various problems in the mother, the fetus, and the newborn. Since these babies are at risk of various complications and even death, competent and appropriate care of these children is needed. The present study aimed to assess the quality of nursing care provided to newborns and its comparis...

Introduction: Neonatal resuscitations are challenging to any mixed ED with rotating medical staff. Covid-19 decimated nursing numbers and reduced training a standstill. New doctors nurses find pediatric (simulations in real cases) as there complex algorithms/calculations well preparing operating systems such Drager Resuscitaire R . Training or new staff for rare can be time resource consuming l...

The skin serves many purposes, acting as a barrier to infection, protecting internal organs, contributing to temperature regulation, storing insulating fats, excreting electrolytes and water, and providing tactile sensory input. This article focuses on a review of normal skin structure and function and selected neonatal skin disorders. The disorders reviewed are Staphylococcal scalded skin synd...

The purpose of the National Institutes of Health research planning workshops is to assess the research status of clinically important areas. This article reports on a workshop whose meetings were held between May 1995 and November 1996 in Bethesda, Maryland, and Chicago, Illinois. Its specific purpose was to develop standardized and unambiguous definitions for fetal heart rate tracings. The rec...

Harlequin ichthyosis (HI) is a very rare severe form of autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis, usually associated with stillbirth and early neonatal death. A newborn girl with HI is described. She presented in a critical condition with severe universalis hyperkeratosis, diffuse scales and deep erythematous fissures. She received preventive systemic antibiotics and hygienic nursing with skin...

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