Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care

Handbook of neonatal intensive care

Handbook of neonatal intensive care

For many years Hutchison's Clinical Methods has been one of the standard recommended textbooks for students of the Queen's University of Belfast Medical School. Sir Robert Hutchison wrote the major part of the original text at the age of twentyfive when he was resident in Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, the remainder being supplied by Dr Harry Rainy, Tutor in Clinical Medicine, Edinburgh....

Estimation of Working Hours of Nursing Staff in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Work Sampling

Background: Human resources are considered the most valuable capital of every healthcare system, and the quality of care is closely related to the quantity and skill of this group. Therefore, the proper estimation of the required nursing staff in different wards can help improve the quality of nursing care. The purpose of this study was to determine the hours of provided care by nursing staff i...

Determination of Noise Level and Its Sources in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Ward

Background: In Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) different sound intensities and frequencies are produced from different sources, which may exert undesirable physiological effects on the infants. The aim of this study was to determine the noise level and its sources in the NICU and neonatal ward of Al-Zahra Hospital of Rasht, Iran. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the inte...

Comments on "Study of Bacterial Contamination of Mobile Phones and Stethoscopes in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit"

This letter is regarding the article by Daoudi et al. entitled "Study of bacterial contamination of mobile phones and stethoscopes in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit" published in International Journal of Pediatrics DOI: 10.22038/IJP.2017.25504.2170 (1). The authors have evaluated the microbial contamination of mobile phones and stethoscopes used by medical and paramedical staff. They reported tha...

Nurses' attitude towards end-of-life care in neonatal intensive care units

Introduction: Infants with life-threatening conditions need to receive palliative care. Nurses should have appropriate attitudes due to their key role in end-of-life care to the patient.Therefore, this study is conducted with the aim of "determining attitude of nurses towards end-of-life care in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) ". Method: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 214 nurs...