Hospital Care of the Recovering NICU infant

The evaluation of the nurses ' communication performance and satisfaction with hospital care from the perspective of mothers of newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICU)

Introduction: Nurses have a great influence on reducing the stress of parents because of their exceptional situation in intensive care units. The aim of this study was to investigate the communication performance of nurses and satisfaction with hospital care from the viewpoints of mothers of newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care units of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2015....

Neurodevelopmental care in the NICU.

Neurodevelopmental care, which is any NICU intervention undertaken to improve neurodevelopmental outcome, includes NICU design, nursing routines, nursing care plans, management of pain, feeding methods and, most importantly, encouraging parental involvement with their NICU infant. Recognition that sensory stimulation can overwhelm preterm infants and increase physiologic signs of stress led to ...

Application of the NICU practice guidelines to treat an infant in a level III NICU.

PURPOSE The purpose of this case report was to determine how current physical therapy (PT) practice in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), with 1 infant, adhered to the neonatal PT decision-making framework that was developed as part of the NICU practice guidelines for clinical care. SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS Most PT interventions implemented in this NICU were supported by the algorithm, wit...

Point-of-care ultrasonography in the NICU

Functional echocardiography (fECHO) refers to a bedside, limited assessment of the ductus arteriosus, myocardial performance and pulmonary or systemic haemodynamics that is brief in nature and addresses a specific clinical question or management dilemma. This point-of-care ultrasonography is increasingly used internationally and locally among neonatal units to assist with management of neonatal...

survey of infant nutritional status in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu)