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Wound Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Neonatal Network, 2011
The skin is a vital organ with key protective functions. Infants in the NICU are at risk for skin injury because of developmental immaturity and intensive care treatments. When skin injury occurs, the neonatal nurse is challenged to provide wound care to optimize functional and cosmetic healing.
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Palliative care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

2015
This chapter presents the core values of neonatal palliative care within the context of providing culturally appropriate, compassionate, individualized, family-centered developmental care (IFCDC) and patient-focused care for infants receiving care in the NICU environment.
Cheryl Thaxton, Brigit Carter, Chi Dang Hornik   +2 more
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Sibling Visiting in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1983
The effect of sibling visiting in a neonatal intensive care unit was studied. Sixteen siblings of 13 infants were randomly assigned to a visiting or nonvisiting group. Behavioral patterns were measured by questionnaires administered to the parents and by direct observation and interviews with the children.
Fred Schwab, M. Jeffrey Maisels, Brenda A Tolbert, Stephen Bagnato   +3 more
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Evaluation of Noise in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

American Journal of Perinatology, 1996
This study evaluated the noise level inside the incubators in a neonatal intensive care unit and identified its sources in order to attempt to reduce it. Although noise is not a proven risk factor as far as the sensory integrity of newborns is concerned, it is certainly an important cause of stress to them and a source of serious and dangerous changes ...
BENINI F, MAGNAVITA, VINCENZO, LAGO P, ARSLAN, EDOARDO, PISAN P.   +4 more
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Nursing Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

JOGN Nursing, 1982
The field of neonatal care has evolved into a specialty brimming with technological advances, accompanied by expanded nursing roles and responsibilities. In light of this, the impact that thermoregulation, noise pollution, and disruptive care planning can have upon the progress of a sick newborn is discussed.
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OUTBREAK OF INFLUENZA IN A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1977
An outbreak of influenza A/Victoria/3/75 (H3N2) involving five infants in a neonatal intensive care unit is described. The clinical signs and symptoms were indistinguishable from those seen in bacterial sepsis. There was no evidence of meningoencephalitis. All infants recovered without any sequelae.
Pradeep Garg, P. Sasidharan, Gerald V. Sedmak, John P. Grausz, R. Meibalane   +4 more
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Methaemoglobinaemia among neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit

Acta Paediatrica, 1995
After detection of a few clinical cases of methaemoglobinaemia (methb) in our NICU, a prospective clinical study was undertaken to determine the extent of the problem and to identify the causes. Consequently, during the following 8 months all haemoglobin tests included simultaneous measurements of methb on an OSM 3 hemoximeter (Radiometer): 8% (n= 33 ...
Hjelt, K, Lund, JT, Scherling, B, Bendixen, S, Lundstrøm, K, Støvring, S, Voldsgaard, P, Linnet, Kristian   +7 more
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Environmental Characteristics of a Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit

Child Development, 1977
An increasing number of intervention programs are designed to ameliorate the "sensory deprivation" of hospitalized premature infants. However, observation of the premature infant's hospital environment every 15 min for 5 24-hour periods indicated that acoustic stimuli were clearly audible in over 95% of the observations, infants were handled during ...
Gerald Turkewitz, Katharine Lawson, Cece Daum   +2 more
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Communicative strategies in a neonatal intensive care unit

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2010
Counseling is a professional intervention based on skills to communicate and to build relationships. The project 'Not alone', related to counseling at our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, is aimed to let counseling become a 'shared culture' for all the care givers.
Coscia A, BERTINO, Enrico, Tonetto P, GIULIANI, FRANCESCA, Varalda A, Di Nicola P, Cester E, Occhi L, Forno M, Quadrino S, Fabris C.   +10 more
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MRSA infection in the neonatal intensive care unit

Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2013
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is well known as one of the most frequent etiological agents of healthcare-associated infections. The epidemiology of MRSA is evolving with emergence of community-associated MRSA, the clonal spread of some successful clones, their spillover into healthcare settings and acquisition of antibacterial drug
GIUFFRE, Mario, BONURA, Celestino, Cipolla D, MAMMINA, Caterina   +3 more
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