Neonatal Nursing - Methods
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Improvement of short- and long-term outcomes for very low birth weight infants: Edmonton NIDCAP trial.

26 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine the impact of Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)-based care on length of stay of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. Secondary outcome measures were days of ... Read more...

Nonoral feeding practices for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.

30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to delineate current practice for the selection of nonoral feeding routes in level III neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across Canada. SUBJECTS: All level III Canadian NICUs (n = 28). DESIGN: A written ... Read more...

Hypotension and shock in the preterm neonate.

30 Jul 2009 While the methods of establishing and maintaining organ perfusion differ from one clinician to the next, the underlying physiological rationale remains constant. The gestalt for correcting circulatory compromise is generally performed in a stepwise ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Neonatal Nursing - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Improvement of short- and long-term outcomes for very low birth weight infants: Edmonton NIDCAP trial. 26 Sep 2009
• Advice from parents on telling the difficult news. 30 Aug 2009
• Nonoral feeding practices for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. 30 Jul 2009
• Hypotension and shock in the preterm neonate. 30 Jul 2009
• When the preterm patient asks "what would you do?". 30 Jul 2009
• Gently encouraging breastfeeding in the NICU. 29 Jun 2009
• Evidence-based clinical guidelines. 29 Jun 2009
• Case study: trisomy 13, a palliative care case. 29 Jun 2009
• Serum anion gap in metabolic acidosis. 29 Jun 2009
• Understanding the sequence of pulmonary injury in the extremely low birth weight, surfactant-deficient infant. 29 Jun 2009
• The Golden Hour: care of the LBW infant during the first hour of life one unit's experience. 29 Jun 2009
• Kangaroo Care modifies preterm infant heart rate variability in response to heel stick pain: pilot study. 5 Jun 2009
• The ten commandments of pain assessment and management in preterm neonates. 30 May 2009
• Retinopathy of prematurity. 30 May 2009
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia: an endocrine disorder with neonatal onset. 30 May 2009
• Nutritional support of very low birth weight newborns. 30 May 2009
• So, he's a little premature...what's the big deal? 30 May 2009
• NICU noise and the preterm infant. 29 Apr 2009
• Catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the NICU: getting to zero. 29 Apr 2009
• Newborn Individual Development Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP): a systematic review of the literature. 27 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Neonatal Nursing'

Definition: The nursing specialty that deals with the care of newborn infants during the first four weeks after birth.

Descriptor UI: D017283

Alternative terms: Neonatal Nursing; Nursing, Neonatal; Nursing, Perinatal; Perinatal Nursing;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.478.676.390.600; H02.478.676.631.600; N02.421.533.460.600; N02.421.533.691.600;

Online Note: use MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING to search NEONATAL NURSING & PERINATAL NURSING 1991-92

History Note: 93; NEONATAL NURSING & PERINATAL NURSING were see MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING 1991-92

Technical Notes: SPEC; SPEC qualif; check also tag INFANT, NEWBORN