Neonatal mortality currently accounts for 45% of all child mortality in Kenya, standing at 22 per 1000 live births. Access to basic but high quality inpatient neonatal services for small and sick newborns will be key in reducing neonatal mortality. Neonatal inpatient care is reliant on nursing care, yet explicit nursing standards for such care do not currently exist in Kenya. We reviewed the Nu...

background and purpose: oxygen therapy is one of the common treatments for neonates with cardiopulmonary disease. the aim of this study was to evaluate adherence to oxygen therapy standards by nurses before, during and after using oxygen hood. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 250 cases of nursing care were evaluated before, during and after administration of oxygen hood therapy in preter...

Objective: to understand the knowledge and actions of the nursing team about humanized care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Center. Methods: qualitative research carried out with 14 nurses and 20 nursing technicians working in a public institution. Semi-structured interview and content analysis were applied. Results: three thematic categories emerged: Humanized care to the newborn; Welcoming the n...

Neonatal Care is one specialty within nursing as a whole where the repertoire of skills and knowledge for practice is broad. Competence in skills, an important component of today's nursing agenda, must extend to any post-basic specialty a nurse opts to work within. To become 'qualified in specialty' (QIS) is an aim of nurses who work within the neonatal area of practice following qualification,...

Marzieh Abdolalipur, Raheleh Janani, Majid Mahalleii, Mohammad Bagher Hoseini, Masoumeh Mohammadzadeh. Neonatal MD, nursing head nurses of NICU, head of research committee of Alzahra hospital, Tabriz University of medical sciences, Iran; Neonatal MD nursing head nurses of NICU, head of research committee of Alzahra hospital, member of educational board of nursing and midwifery, Tabriz Universit...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify and prioritise neonatal intensive care nursing research topics across Europe using an e-Delphi technique. DESIGN An e-Delphi technique with three questionnaire rounds was performed. Qualitative responses of round one were analysed by content analysis and research statements were generated to be ranged on importance on a scale of 1-6 (not important to mos...

background: premature birth is a major cause of infant mortality in developed countries. newborns confined to neonatal intensive care units (nicus) are in a rapid stage of brain development. as such, sleep plays a pivotal role in the proper brain development of newborns. however, this developmental aspect is often disregarded due to the lack of information. aim: this study aimed to evaluate the...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether risk-adjusted mortality in very low birthweight or preterm infants is associated with levels of nursing provision. DESIGN Prospective study of risk-adjusted mortality in infants admitted to a random sample of neonatal units. SETTING Fifty four UK neonatal intensive care units stratified by: patient volume; consultant availability; nurse:cot ratios. PATIENTS A g...

To assess effectiveness of Simulation Teaching on Neonatal Resuscitation Skill Procedure among Nursing Students” Aim:Effectiveness of Simulation Teaching on Neonatal Resuscitation Skill Procedure among Nursing Students” Method:An Experimental research approach and design Pretest-posttest control group design was used this study, randomly select the sample for interventional group 25sample & Con...