abstract background: during health care in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu), infants undergo extremely painful procedures, which may cause problems, if not controlled, such as changes in the pattern of respiratory rate, heart rate, and blood oxygen saturation. the present study aimed to find the effect of melody on the physiological responses of neonates’ heel stick pain. materials and m...

Optimal care of the neonate with hyperammonemia requires expertise in the evaluation, medical management, and decision to initiate dialytic therapy, and therefore compels expeditious collaboration between neonatal intensive care physicians, medical geneticists, and pediatric nephrologists. Neonatal and dialysis nursing expertise also is paramount for the successful provision of dialysis therapy...

In mammals with precocial neonates, exclusive maternal care and investment depend on mutual mother-young recognition. In sheep, this is ensured by rapid olfactory recognition of the neonate by its mother. However, recent studies suggest that other processes may participate in preferential maternal care. We investigated the possibility that acoustic communication promotes preferential nursing of...

BACKGROUND Most standardized nursing care plans for healthy neonates include multiple nursing diagnoses to reflect nurses' judgments on the infant's status; however scientific literature concerning this issue is scarce. Newborn physiological immaturity is a concept in the ATIC terminology (architecture, terminology, interface, information, nursing [infermeria], and knowledge [coneixement]) to r...

introduction the family is in a crisis and a stressful experience when neonate is admitted in nicu ward. in recent decades, role of family in the care of neonates has completely changed. now, empowerment of families in the care of neonates hospitalized is an important approach in the field of neonatal nursing . therefore, it is necessary for parents, especially mothers with neonates in nicu war...

abstract background: premature neonates’ feeding is of great importance due to its effective role in their growth. these neonates should reach an independent oral nutrition stage before being discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit. therefore, the researcher decided to conduct a study on the effect of palady and cup feeding on premature neonates’ weight gain and their reaching full ora...

RESEARCH ARTICLE Mother-To-Infant Bonding Disorder, but not Depression, 5 days After Delivery is a Risk Factor For Neonate Emotional Abuse: A Study in Japanese Mothers of 1-Month Olds Yukiko Ohashi, Kyoko Sakanashi, Tomoko Tanaka and Toshinori Kitamura Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science Technology, Bunkyo Gakuin University, J...

Touch therapy, first described by keieger in 1975 as an act of healing or helping that is akin to the ancient practice laying on hands, providing be a useful adjunt nursing practices. Prematurity continue leading cause neonatal death and developmental disability. Neonate admission NICU accounts for largest number. necessary good health food, water rest preterm babies. therapy were found have se...

Introduction The family is in a crisis and a stressful experience when neonate is admitted in NICU ward. In recent decades, role of family in the care of neonates has completely changed. Now, empowerment of families in the care of neonates hospitalized is an important approach in the field of neonatal nursing . Therefore, it is necessary for parents, especially mothers with neonates in NICU war...