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Barlow, Hilary Joan. "An evaluation of neonatal nursing care in selected hospitals in the Western Cape." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16253.
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Thesis (MCUR)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa has a proud history of a high standard of health care delivery in State funded hospitals. This implies that high standards of education and care in both medical and nursing training have been achieved. The care of sick and premature newborn infants by nurses is a speciality that has evolved worldwide over the last forty years as a result of various technological developments. In order to ensure the standard of care delivered, protocols of care should be available for nurses to refer to and to measure their work against. There were no protocols of care available in the two Neonatal Units (NICUs) used in this study. Using a non-experimental, exploratory descriptive design, the researcher set about measuring the quality of nursing care in the NICUs. Standards (structure, process and outcome) were written by the researcher, and validated. The results showed that the standards were not met at an acceptable level in various areas. One of the areas of great concern was the lack of effective hand washing. Outcome standards which reflect the consequences of care indicated serious shortages of staff in some cases and insufficient staff training. Recommendations are that a Quality Assurance Program should be introduced with training and education of the nurses working in the NICUs and the introduction of evidencebased practice. Future research should aim at showing the way to improve the service delivered.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrika het ‘n trotse geskiedenis van ‘n hoë standard van gesondheidsorgdienslewering in Staatsbefondsde hospitale. Dit impliseer dat hoë standaarde in mediese en verpleegopleiding bereik is. Die versorging van siek en premature pasgebore babas deur verpleegkundiges is ‘n spesialiteit wat oor die afgelope veertig jaar wêreldwyd ontwikkel het as gevolg van verskeie tegnologiese ontwikkelings. Ten einde te verseker dat ‘n hoë standard van sorg gelewer word, moet protokolle beskikbaar wees vir verpleegkundiges om te gebruik en hulle werkverrigting teen te meet. Daar was geen protokolle beskikbaar in die twee neonatale eenhede wat in hierdie studie gebruik is nie. ‘n Nie-eksperimentele, verkennende, beskrywende ontwerp is deur die navorser gebruik om die gehalte van verpleegsorg in die neonatale eenhede te evalueer. Standaarde (struktuur, proses en uitkoms) is deur die navorser opgestel en gevalideer. Die resultate toon aan dat die standaarde in verskeie areas nie aanvaarbaar nagekom word nie. ‘n Kommerwekkende bevinding was die afwesigheid van effektiewe was van hande. Uitkomsstandaarde wat die resultaat van sorg weerspieël, het aangedui dat daar ernstige tekorte aan personeel in sommige gevalle bestaan het asook onvoldoende opleiding van personeel. Aanbevelings is dat ‘n Gehalteversekeringsprogram ingestel behoort te word en met die opleiding van verpleegkundiges werksaam in die neonatale eenhede en evidence-based practice aangespreek moet word. Toekomstige navorsing behoort aan te dui hoe om die diens wat gelewer word, te verbeter.
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Prince, Kim Didi. "A comparison of standard C-reactive protein laboratory measurement to point of care C-reactive protein test in a neonatal intensive care unit setting." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22823.
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Background: Laboratory biomarkers are important adjuncts to clinical data in diagnosing neonatal sepsis. Available diagnostic tests often provide results 6 to 48 hours later. A bedside C-reactive protein (CRP) test may be able to exclude or diagnose sepsis within minutes. Objectives: The objectives were to validate the Alere AfinionTM point of care test (POCT) CRP in a tertiary neonatal unit against the gold standard CRP assay in use by the National Health Laboratory service and to determine the difference in time to obtaining a result between the two systems. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted between February 2015 and June 2015. Neonates who were clinically indicated to undergo CRP testing were simultaneously tested using the POCT and laboratory assays. The sensitivities, specificities and predictive values for the POCT, with the laboratory test as the reference test were determined. The time to results between the two tests was compared. Results: There were 139 measured CRP sample pairs from patients with suspected or proven neonatal sepsis. Using 10 mg/L as the cutoff value for both CRP tests, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 97.4%, 99%, 97.4% and 99% respectively. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.99 (p<0.001). The time to point of care result was 4 minutes. Laboratory results were registered at a mean of 4.7 hours but only checked after a mean of 6.8 hours. Conclusions: The POCT CRP and laboratory CRP test have excellent correlation in neonates and may be a useful, quick, reliable method to rationalise antibiotic usage, reduce costs and allow for earlier patient discharge.
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Baldini, Sonia Maria. "Avaliação das reações dos pais à internação do filho em unidade de terapia intensiva e desenvolvimento de uma proposta de apoio psicológico." Universidade de São Paulo, 2002. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5141/tde-01062007-111724/.
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Objetivos: Realizar uma avaliação das reações dos pais à internação do filho em unidade de terapia intensiva e desenvolver uma proposta de apoio psicológico. Casuística: Foram entrevistados 48 pais em unidade de terapia intensiva pediátrica e 27 em unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal, além dos pais que participaram nos grupos de pais. Métodos: 1) Realização de entrevistas semi-dirigidas com os pais, utilizando questionários previamente elaborados, à admissão do paciente e durante sua internação; 2) Avaliação do nível de ansiedade dos pais à internação do filho, pela aplicação do Inventário de ansiedade traço-estado; e 3) Realização de grupos de pais em unidade de terapia intensiva pediátrica, com a participação de equipe multiprofissional. Resultados: Em ambas as unidades de terapia intensiva as reações mais freqüentemente citadas pelos pais ao início da internação foram de desespero e tristeza, e citaram as necessidades de apoio psicológico como as mais importantes neste momento. Os principais sentimentos relatados no decorrer da internação foram de preocupação, medo e tristeza, e a maioria dos pais em ambas as UTIs ficaram assustados com a aparência do filho. Os níveis de ansiedade mostraram-se significativamente elevados à ocasião da internação do filho, não havendo diferença entre os pais em UTI pediátrica e neonatal. O grupo de pais revelou-se uma técnica eficaz de apoio psicológico em UTI. Conclusões: Há necessidade de apoio psicológico aos pais de pacientes pediátricos internados tanto em UTI pediátrica como neonatal, pelo elevado nível de ansiedade, desespero e tristeza que apresentam à internação do filho. As entrevistas semidirigidas com a aplicação dos questionários propostos para 11 avaliação dos pais mostraram-se estratégias adequadas para a investigação do estado emocional desses pais e constituem formas eficientes de fornecer apoio psicológico durante a realização das mesmas. O grupo de pais possibilitou o contato direto com profissionais de diversas áreas, com disposição a escutá-los, valorizá-los, compreender seus sentimentos e esclarecer suas dúvidas. Permitiu o convívio com outros pais em fases diferentes da mesma situação, mobilizando recursos para lidar com o período crítico da doença e internação e o apoio no processo de luto do filho saudável para conseguirem um vínculo satisfatório com o filho doente. A questão da morte, as dificuldades com a equipe, a falta de apoio de familiares e outras questões extremamente angustiantes puderam ser ampla e abertamente discutidas nos grupos, trazendo esclarecimentos e alívio. A reunião com a equipe após os grupos mostrou-se de extrema importância para a uniformização de condutas, entendimento das reações dos pais, e discussões relativas ao relacionamento entre eles e a equipe. Em relação às entrevistas individuais semi-dirigidas, o grupo de pais mostrou-se uma estratégia complementar, já que os mesmos problemas e queixas são discutidos de formas diferentes nos dois tipos de intervenção.Objectives: Assessment of parents reactions to the admission of their child into an ICU and development of a proposal of psychological support. Sample: 48 interviewed parents in pediatric ICU and 27 in neonatal ICU were included besides the participants of the groups of parents. Procedures: 1) Semi-directed interviews were performed with parents, with the application of previously elaborated questionaires; 2) Assessment of the parents anxiety at the admission of the child in ICU, with the application of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; and 3) lead groups of parents were performed in pediatric ICU with the participation of multidisciplinary staff. Results: The most frequent reactions cited by the parents to the admission of the child in an ICU were despair and sadness. Moreover, psychological support was the most essencial need at that moment. The most important feelings cited during hospitalization were worry, fear and sadness, and most parents in both ICU were very scared of the appearance of their children. There was a significant increase in parents anxiety at the admission of the child, and there were no differences between the scores of parents anxiety in pediatric or neonatal ICU. The group of parents was a good technique of psychological support in ICU. Conclusions: Psychological support to parents of pediatric patients admitted to an ICU is necessary, because of high anxiety level, dispair and sadness that parents show at the admission of their child to an ICU. The semi-directed interviews with the appication of the proposed questionaires to the assessment of parents were good techiques for the investigation of the emotional state of these parents and constituted efficient ways of giving them psychological support. The group of parents permitted the direct contact with professionals of various areas, willing to listen to them, value them, understand their feelings and clarify their doubts. They permitted contact with other parents in different phases of the same situation, mobilizing resources for dealing with the critical period of the disease and admission, and giving support in the mourning process of the healthy child so that they could get a satisfactory attachment to the sick one. The subject of death, the difficulties with the staff, the lack of support from relatives and other highly anxious questions could be discussed during the group sessions widely, bringing clarity and relief. The meetings with the staff after the group sessions were very important to unify the procedures, understand the parents reactions, and discuss the relationship between them and the staff. In relation to the individual semi-directed interviews, the parents group revealed a complementary technique, as the same problems and complaints were discussed in different ways in both forms of intervention.
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Golberg, Maria Grace. "Uncertainty, fathering in neonatal intensive care." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ40151.pdf.
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Stadd, Karen. "Initiating Kangaroo Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5267.
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Kangaroo care (KC) is a cost-efficient method to increase infant-parent bonding and neonatal health outcomes worldwide. Despite evidence supporting KC in critically ill infants, nursing perceptions regarding patient safety and interrupted work flow continued to impede practice in the local high-tech neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Their current policy failed to address the 2-person transfer method recommended for safe practice. In addition, both staff and parents lacked training and education regarding the benefits and feasibility of KC. This doctoral project aimed to decrease practice barriers and promote earlier and more frequent KC by developing and integrating an evidence-based clinical pathway within a multifaceted champion-based simulated educational training program for NICU staff and parents. Published outcomes and generated organizational data for program synthesis connected the gap in practice. Kolcaba's comfort theory served as the guiding framework to ensure a partnership in care. This quasi-experimental quantitative study used the generalized liner model for data analysis. Study findings indicated that KC occurred 2.4 more times after the intervention compared to before (p = 0.001). Descriptive data revealed that KC episodes for intubated patients nearly doubled after implementation (11.1% from 6.2%). Post-survey scores for nursing knowledge and comfort level also improved after the intervention. Although earlier KC practice was non-conclusive (p = 0.082), future trials should control groups for day of life since admission. Disseminating the KC pathway can have a positive social change on family-centered care by increasing NICU nurses' knowledge, comfort, and adoption of this evidence-based practice as an expected routine standard of care.
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Quinn, John. "Bayesian condition monitoring in neonatal intensive care." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2144.
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The observed physiological dynamics of an infant receiving intensive care contain a great deal of information about factors which cannot be examined directly, including the state of health of the infant and the operation of the monitoring equipment. This type of data tends to contain both common, recognisable patterns (e.g. as caused by certain clinical operations or artifacts) and some which are rare and harder to interpret. The problem of identifying the presence of these patterns using prior knowledge is clinically significant, and one which is naturally described in terms of statistical machine learning. In this thesis I develop probabilistic dynamical models which are capable of making useful inferences from neonatal intensive care unit monitoring data. The Factorial Switching Kalman Filter (FSKF) in particular is adopted as a suitable framework for monitoring the condition of an infant. The main contributions are as follows: (1) the application of the FSKF for inferring common factors in physiological monitoring data, which includes finding parameterisations of linear dynamical models to represent common physiological and artifactual conditions, and adapting parameter estimation and inference techniques for the purpose; (2) the formulation of a model for novel physiological dynamics, used to infer the times in which something is happening which is not described by any of the known patterns. EM updates are derived for the latter model in order to estimate parameters. Experimental results are given which show the developed methods to be effective on genuine monitoring data.
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Stanculescu, Ioan Anton. "Dynamical models for neonatal intensive care monitoring." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15886.
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The vital signs monitoring data of an infant receiving intensive care are a rich source of information about its health condition. One major concern about the state of health of such patients is the onset of neonatal sepsis, a life-threatening bloodstream infection. As early signs are subtle and current diagnosis procedures involve slow laboratory testing, sepsis detection based on the monitored physiological dynamics is a clinically significant task. This challenging problem can be thoroughly modelled as real-time inference within a machine learning framework. In this thesis, we develop probabilistic dynamical models centred around the goal of providing useful predictions about the onset of neonatal sepsis. This research is characterised by the careful incorporation of domain knowledge for the purpose of extracting the infant’s true physiology from the monitoring data. We make two main contributions. The first one is the formulation of sepsis detection as learning and inference in an Auto-Regressive Hidden Markov Model (AR-HMM). The model investigates the extent to which physiological events observed in the patient’s monitoring traces could be used for the early detection of neonatal sepsis. In addition, the proposed approach involves exact marginalisation over missing data at inference time. When applying the ARHMM on a real-world dataset, we found that it can produce effective predictions about the onset of sepsis. Second, both sepsis and clinical event detection are formulated as learning and inference in a Hierarchical Switching Linear Dynamical System (HSLDS). The HSLDS models dynamical systems where complex interactions between modes of operation can be represented as a twolevel hidden discrete hierarchical structure. For neonatal condition monitoring, the lower layer models clinical events and is controlled by upper layer variables with semantics sepsis/nonsepsis. The model parameterisation and estimation procedures are adapted to the specifics of physiological monitoring data. We demonstrate that the performance of the HSLDS for the detection of sepsis is not statistically different from the AR-HMM, despite the fact that the latter model is given “ground truth” annotations of the patient’s physiology.
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Brundage, Janice Kay. "Maternal attachment in the neonatal intensive care unit." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184255.
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The purpose of this study was to describe the phenomenon of maternal attachment as it specifically relates to moderate premature delivery. The study investigated the impact of educational, counseling and therapeutic interventions on mothers who delivered premature infants. Research hypotheses were that mothers who participated in the treatment group would demonstrate significant increases in the independent variables of self esteem, social networking and family function strategies. This study also hypothesized that there would be a significant positive relationship between treatment and the dependent variable of maternal attachment. The sample consisted of 30 mother-infant dyads between the ages of 15 and 38 years of age. Infants' gestational age ranged from 32 to 36 weeks. Data were gathered using three measures: (1) a demographic profile of the subjects; (2) a questionnaire including the Tennessee Self Concept Scale, Sarason's Life Event Survey, Norbeck's Social Support Questionnaire, Feetham's Family Function Index; and (3) Barnard's Nursing Child Assessment Feeding Scale (NCAFS). The research study consisted of a field experiment. Fifteen subjects were assigned to the experimental and control group via a modified randomized block procedure. A questionnaire was issued during infant's hospitalization and at 4 months post infant discharge from the hospital to measure the independent variable. The dependent variable was measured at 1 month, 2-1/2 months and 4 months using the NCAFS. Treatment consisted of a minimum of seven sessions during the infant's hospitalization and discharge to home. Statistical analyses were conducted in the form of frequency distributions, means, standard deviations, t-tests and correlation scores. Stepwise multiple regression techniques were used for predictor variables. Results indicated that mothers who participated in the treatment group demonstrated significantly improved maternal attachment processes than those mothers who did not receive intervention. The results did not indicate that there was a significant difference between the two groups on self esteem, social support, life events or family function. Implications for the study were noted. Recommendations for medical and mental health practitioners and future areas of research were discussed.
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Chudleigh, Jane. "Infection control in the neonatal intensive care unit." Thesis, London South Bank University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.618660.
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The literature review highlighted the continuing problem of hospital acquired infection. This study examined this problem in depth, in a high-risk area, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. A multi-centre study was conducted using multi-methods in order to capture data regarding nurses' infection control practices in neonatal units. Ninety nurses/ nursery nurses from six neonatal units were included in the study. Non-participant observation was used to investigate nurses' existing infection control practices, interviews were used to explore nurses' opinions of infection control, questionnaires were used to collect demographic data about the sample and assess nurses' knowledge of infection control issues and a Likert-type scale was developed to investigate the unit atmosphere/environment. Microbiological laboratory work was undertaken to compare the efficacies of three products (soap, alcohol hand rub and chlorhexidine) at removing/reducing the numbers of bacteria found on the hands. The effectiveness of gloves at preventing contamination of the hands was also assessed. Finally, the numbers of bacteria recovered from the hands of university administrative staff and nurses were compared to determine whether or not nurses had higher numbers of bacteria on their hands due to the number of organisms they are exposed to and their increased frequency of hand hygiene. Overall, nurses' hand hygiene practices were found to be relatively poor. However, there was some evidence that length of shift, as a proxy indicator of fatigue, and unit atmosphere/environment may influence nurses' infection control practices. Opinions and knowledge were not associated with observed practice. Nursery nurses had lower hand hygiene scores and knowledge scores than nurses and increased experience in the neonatal unit was associated with increased infection control knowledge. The number of bacteria recovered from the hands of nurses was significantly higher than the numbers of bacteria recovered from the hands of administrative staff. In the clinical setting, chlorhexidine was found to be the only product that consistently removed significant numbers of bacteria from the hands. Indeed, the alcohol hand rub was found to increase the numbers of bacteria on the hands. The number of bacteria recovered from the hands did not differ when gloves were worn. This suggests the inside of gloves may be providing a medium for the multiplication of bacteria. However, the number of bacteria recovered from the surface of used gloves was significantly lower than the numbers of bacteria recovered from nurses' hands after nursing activities. The use of gloves for all procedures on the neonatal unit may be advantageous.
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Phillips, Raylene May. "Supporting parents in the neonatal intensive care unit." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1163.
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Cunningham, Steven. "Computerised physiological trend monitoring in neonatal intensive care." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26422.
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We have assessed the introduction of a commercially available computerised physiological trend monitoring network into a neonatal intensive care area. The attitudes of staff and parents were on the whole favourable, with the majority feeling that infant care benefited from the introduction of computers. A detailed study of the effects of computerised physiological monitoring on patient outcome in both short and medium term, showed no significant benefits. The computers improved both the quality and accuracy of the stored infant physiological data. Artefact was predominantly predictable; it could be ignored in real time trends and removed from recorded data prior to statistical analysis. Neonatalogy is a relatively new science, and a continuously expanding physiological data source could help to improve patient care through research. Three areas were explored: (a) Reference blood pressures ranges were established for very low birth weight infants, using more detailed information on a larger group of infants than previously possible. (b) Infants with retinopathy of prematurity compared to those without the disease, did not differ significantly in the amount of time they spent with a continuously monitored transcutaneous oxygen greater than 12 kPa. (c) Previously undescribed blood pressure waves were identified. Associated with hypoxia, they may help improve understanding of fetal autonomic development. Although unable to demonstrate an improvement in patient outcome resulting from the introduction of a computerised physiological network (possibly due to poor outcome measurements), we have demonstrated improved staff confidence, better physiological record and the opportunity for improvement in care through research.
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Oraka, Ebele. "Early Detection of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome by Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5580.
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a public health concern that is increasing in the United States due to the use of illicit drugs by pregnant women, which exposes the fetus to these substances. NAS results in increased infant morbidity and prolonged stay in the hospital, which can lead to increased cost of care. The inability of the nurses to care for at-risk infants can lead to inconsistent NAS scores, which can affect the infant's care treatment. The project examined the effectiveness of educating the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurses on the correct use of the modified Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Tool (FNAST) and implementing a practice protocol in the management of infants experiencing NAS, thereby reducing inconsistencies in NAS scores. Implementing clinical guidelines and proper use of the modified FNAST can lead to early intervention and treatment of infants exhibiting withdrawal symptoms. An educational session was conducted, pretests and posttests were used to evaluate the NICU nurses' baseline knowledge of the correct use of the modified FNAST and their acquired knowledge after the educational intervention on the correct use of the modified FNAST. The goal of the project was met with the NICU nurses experiencing knowledge gain evidenced by a 30% increase between the pretests and posttests and obtaining consistent NAS scores by applying the correct technique of scoring. The mastery of the use of the modified FNAST brought about social change by impacting positive attitudes and behaviors among the NICU nurses and enhancing collaboration between the physicians and nurses.
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Ferreira, Josà Hernevides Pontes. "Team perception of nursing care humanized in intensive care unit neonatal." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2016. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=16481.
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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel SuperiorHospitalization of the newborn is necessary when health conditions require immediate assistance for their recovery. Humanized actions in the neonatal unit have been developed in order to make it less painful separation parent-child when it needs technological support and team of trained professionals. It was aimed to analyze the perception and knowledge of the nursing team on the promotion of humanized care for newborn in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit . It is a qualitative study conducted in a public hospital, large, tertiary level, in Fortaleza, Brazil, in the months October and November 2015, after approval by the Research Ethics Committee, under Protocol N. 1,191,339. The subjects were 14 nurses and 20 nursing technicians working in neonatal care. The data collected through semi-structured interviews consist identification data and five guiding issues that permeate the knowledge of the nursing team about the care and promotion of humanized care in the UTIN. In addition, we used no-participant observation and field diary. For analysis, we sought to Bardin technique that extracted the three categories lines: âTaking care of the human personâ, ânursing contributions to the humane careâ and âFactors that affect the quality of humanized care.â The results showed that the nursing team understands humanization as an indispensable element for the comprehensive care to the baby and family, which was observed from the speeches of welcome, restoring health and disease of the newborn process. The professionals had knowledge of the humanized care, played their actions conscious, oriented and appreciative way about the quality of neonatal care and parents who face the challenges inherent in the admission process. We conclude that the performance of these professionals permeates compliance with the regulations of the National Humanization Policy regarding humanized care to the newborn, family and neonatal ambience. It is believed that such actions minimize the impact caused by the characteristics of the disease treatment as well as stressors.
A hospitalizaÃÃo do recÃm-nascido faz-se necessÃria, quando as condiÃÃes de saÃde requerem assistÃncia imediata para o seu restabelecimento. As aÃÃes humanizadas na unidade neonatal tÃm sido desenvolvidas, a fim de tornar menos dolorosa à separaÃÃo pais-filho, quando este necessita de suporte tecnolÃgico e equipe de profissionais capacitados. Objetivou-se analisar a percepÃÃo e conhecimentos da equipe de enfermagem sobre a promoÃÃo do cuidado humanizado ao recÃm-nascido internado na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal (UTIN). Trata-se de estudo qualitativo, realizado em hospital pÃblico, de grande porte, nÃvel terciÃrio, em Fortaleza-CE-Brasil, nos meses outubro e novembro de 2015, apÃs aprovaÃÃo pelo Comità de Ãtica em Pesquisa, sob Protocolo n 1.191.339. Os sujeitos foram 14 enfermeiros e 20 tÃcnicos de enfermagem atuantes na assistÃncia ao neonato. Os dados coletados, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada, consistem dados de identificaÃÃo e cinco questÃes norteadoras, que permeiam o conhecimento da equipe de enfermagem acerca do cuidado e a promoÃÃo da assistÃncia humanizada na UTIN. Ademais, utilizou-se observaÃÃo nÃo participante e diÃrio de campo. Para anÃlise, sÃntese e descriÃÃo, buscou-se a tÃcnica de Bardin, que se extraÃram das falas trÃs categorias: âCuidar do ser humanoâ, âContribuiÃÃes de enfermagem para o cuidado humanizadoâ e âFatores que interferem na qualidade do cuidado humanizadoâ. Os resultados revelaram que a equipe de enfermagem compreende a humanizaÃÃo como elemento indispensÃvel para o cuidado integral ao bebà e famÃlia, o que se observou desde as intervenÃÃes de acolhimento, ao restabelecimento do processo saÃde-doenÃa do neonato. Os profissionais apresentaram conhecimentos acerca do cuidado humanizado, desempenharam suas aÃÃes de forma consciente, orientada e sensibilizada, quanto à qualidade da assistÃncia ao neonato e aos pais que enfrentam os desafios inerentes ao processo de internaÃÃo. Percebe-se, portanto, que a atuaÃÃo desses profissionais permeia o cumprimento aos regulamentos da PolÃtica Nacional de HumanizaÃÃo. Conclui-se que o cuidado humanizado aplicado nessa ambiÃncia à essencial ao recÃm-nascido e famÃlia, uma vez que minimiza o impacto causado pelas caracterÃsticas da doenÃa, tratamento, bem como os fatores estressantes da UTIN.
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Smith, Cynthia. "Maternal coping effort in the neonatal intensive care setting." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276952.
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The purpose of this study was to describe maternal coping effort. The sample was composed of 30 mothers of infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit. Descriptive and correlational statistics were used to determine maternal coping effort and the maternal factors that may be associated with coping effort. Results of the study showed that a majority of the mothers exerted a great amount of effort to cope with situations encountered in the NICU. Maternal age, marital status, gravidity and parity, mode of delivery and ethnicity did not prove to associate significantly with coping effort. The results of this study are significant to nursing practice in the confirmation of the high degree of maternal coping associated with the hospitalization of an infant in the NICU.
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Leighton, P. H. "Monitoring blood stream infection in neonatal intensive care units." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1302069/.
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Comparisons of the incidence of blood stream infection (BSI) between neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) can promote sharing of potentially better practices for infection control. Comparisons should take into account differences in babies’ vulnerability and the invasive procedures which can introduce infection. I carried out a systematic review of methods reported in the literature, or used by regional monitoring systems, for comparing the incidence of BSI among NICUs. I found substantial variation, especially in the risk factors used to adjust incidence estimates. The use of routinely recorded administrative data would minimize and accelerate staff workload for BSI monitoring. I investigated which risk factors recorded in routine data should be adjusted for when comparing BSI incidence between NICUs. I linked microbiology laboratory records with administrative records collected over four years for three London NICUs. I analysed rates of BSI using various methods, including Poisson regression and logistic regression assuming a matched case control design. With both approaches, National Health Service level of care was the strongest predictor for BSI incidence. Using Poisson regression models, the rate ratio for BSI, adjusted for birth weight, inborn/outborn status and postnatal age, was 3.15 (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.01, 4.94) for intensive care and 6.58 (95% CI 4.18, 10.36) for high dependency care, relative to special care. The case control study gave slightly larger estimates of effect than the Poisson regression models. Total parenteral nutrition was significantly associated with BSI incidence but explained less of the variance among babies than level of care. Using the results from the risk adjustment model, I demonstrated how routine data can be integrated into a method for prospective, risk adjusted monitoring. This method involved standardised infection ratios and a sequential probability ratio test. The method can evaluate changes in BSI rates over time and between NICUs. It could also be used to quantify improvements following infection control interventions.
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Tan, Hark Hong Kenneth. "An expert system for neonatal ventilation and intensive care." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.426786.
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Thomson, Anne H. "The measurement of lung mechanics during neonatal intensive care." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.377624.
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The aim of this thesis was to establish methods of measuring the mechanical properties of the respiratory system in small infants while they were being ventilated in the intensive care unit. A double pneumotachograph system which fitted in the ventilator bias flow-circuit was used to measure flow, overcoming the problems of adding resistance or dead space to the infant's breathing circuit. Two methods for measuring compliance in infants (< 1500 g) breathing spontaneously through endotracheal tubes were assessed. The traditional measurement of dynamic lung compliance (Cdyn) using oesophageal pressue was compared with a technique for measuring total respiratory compliance (Crs) based on the utilisation of the Hering-Breuer reflex (Olinsky 1976) and using airway pressure. Values of Cdyn were poorly reproducible and correlated poorly with Crs and this was due to variability and inaccuracy of oesophageal pressure measurement in infants with chest wall distortion. Total respiratory compliance was reliably measured in intubated infants both when breathing spontaneously and when fully ventilated. Another approach based on the passive expiratory flow-volume relationship (Zin 1982) was developed for use in ventilated infants. The expiratory time constant (Trs) was measured and total respiratory resistance (Rrs) calculated from the relationship Trs = Rrs.Crs. This technique was validated by adding resistive loads and deriving new volumes for Rrs from the altered Trs. The first measurements of the time constant and respiratory resistance of preterm infants during the acute stage of illness were made using this technique. Representative mean values from 12 infants < 1500 g with hyaline membrane disease were Crs = 0.41 ml.cmH2O-1; Trs = 0.073 s; Rrs = 219 cmH2O.ℓ-1.s. A computerised technique was developed to enable these measurements to be made at the cotside. This provided a preliminary model for a lung function monitor to assess mechanical lung function continuously during neonatal ventilation.
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Probst, Piper. "Alarm Safety in a Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1655.
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Alarm fatigue is a practice problem that applies to hospitalized patients and the nurses who care for them. Addressing alarm fatigue is important to promote alarm safety and to decrease the risk of patient harm or death. The purpose of this study was to decrease alarm fatigue and improve alarm safety in a regional neonatal intensive care unit (RNICU). Guided by the conceptual model for alarm fatigue and alarm safety, this study addressed whether or not alarm management protocols designed to decrease false and nuisance alarms in the physiological monitoring of neonates improve alarm safety via decreased alarm burden and alarm fatigue as evidenced by statistically significant reductions in false and nuisance alarms. A quantitative, time series quasi-experimental design was used with 4 waves of data collection. One wave was baseline data collected preintervention, and 3 waves of data were postprotocol implementation to obtain an initial indication of sustainability. Alarm observation data collection sheets were developed and used to track numbers and types of alarms pre- and post-protocol implementation. The data analysis showed statistically significant decreases in both false alarms and nuisance alarms related to the physiological monitoring protocol and lead changing protocol. Overall, high protocol adherence was noted, and the total number of alarms per hour per bed was reduced by 42% (p < .001), 46% (p < .001), and 50% (p < .001) from baseline at Weeks 2, 4, and 6, respectively. Implications from this study include impact on practice and policy, direction for future study, and a call for social change to promote alarm safety in the care of neonates.
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Petteys, Annie R. "Effects of neonatal palliative care consultation on parental stress of patients in the neonatal intensive care unit." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1522646.
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The hospitalization of one's infant is a stressful situation that can lead to decreased bonding and poor health outcomes. This longitudinal comparative design study examined the effects of neonatal palliative care (PC) consultation on stress levels and satisfaction scores of parents of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) infants. Clinical data was abstracted from the medical record. Demographic data, stress scores, and satisfaction reports were obtained via self-report.
Mean stress scores indicated most parents experienced moderate stress due to NICU hospitalization. Some parents met diagnostic criteria for acute stress disorder. While all parents expressed satisfaction with care received; PC parents were extremely satisfied with care. No statistically significant differences in stress or satisfaction scores were noted between parents who received PC consultation and those who did not. Study conclusions validate previous research regarding NICU parent stress and show that additional quantitative and qualitative research regarding NICU palliative care is warranted.
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Fabrize, Lauren E. "Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions of Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2019/schedule/100.
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) refers to the withdrawal infants exposed to opioids in utero may experience following birth. In recent years, the number of infants born who present with NAS has grown exponentially. This increase in the number of infants with NAS has led to a new population within the caseloads of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who work in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). SLPs’ knowledge base and skill set of assessment and treatment of swallowing and feeding disorders in infancy play a vital role in the treatment of infants with NAS in the NICU. A dearth of research exists regarding the specific nature of the feeding problems and skills of infants with NAS and whether SLP intervention for infants with NAS needs to differ from that of other infant NICU populations. Identifying how SLPs can best serve infants with NAS in the NICU is essential to their immediate well-being as well as the development of these infants. The purpose of this survey-based research study was to examine NICU SLPs’ perceptions of infants with NAS, and more specifically, how NAS affects the infants’ feeding skills, structural, and oral-motor characteristics. A questionnaire was developed based on an in-depth literature review to collect information on NAS, caseloads, treatment environment, and respondent demographics. The survey consisted of three sections: NAS (further divided into Assessment, Treatment, and Education), Environmental Description, and Respondent Demographics. The secure web-based questionnaire was distributed through SurveyMonkey™, an online survey platform. Survey research was conducted, and hospital-based speech-language pathologists within the USA acted as respondents. The findings will contribute to establishing a preliminary base of information on this topic. The results are expected to further inform the field as well as current practices in evidenced-based practice care for infants with NAS.
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Fabrize, Lauren. "Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions of Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3638.
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics, assessment, and treatment of infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) as perceived by Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) and whether it differed from those of other Neonatal Intensive Care Unit populations.
Methods: A secure web-based questionnaire with 62 questions collected information on NAS, caseloads, treatment environment, and demographics. Twenty-six respondents initiated the survey; 42% completed most or all questions. Response analyses included descriptive and nonparametric inferential statistics.
Results: Infants with NAS were on the caseloads of 73% of respondents. The majority (79%) only saw infants with NAS and feeding problems. Primary problems included incomplete or increased time to complete feeds, increased/excessive/irregular sucking rates, and reflux. Working on teams, respondents provided assessment, treatment, and education of infant feeding and state.
Conclusion: Growing demand for SLP intervention with infants with NAS is likely to persist if opioid use continues to increase as projected.
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Fabrize, Lauren, Kerry Proctor-Williams, and Brenda Louw. "Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perception of Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7755.
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This survey research explores neonatal intensive care unit speech-language pathologists’ perceptions of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome; specifically, how NAS affects infants’ feeding skills, along with structural and oral-motor characteristics. The findings of this research will contribute to this population’s information base. The results are expected to inform the field and current evidence-based practice care for infants with NAS.Learner Outcome(s): Explain Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Describe infants with NAS and how NAS affects the infants’ feeding skills from the perspective of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) Identify how SLPs in the NICU participate in intervention for infants with NAS and their families
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Steedman, Wendy Kate. "Stress experienced by parents from the neonatal intensive care unit." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2781.
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The psychometric properties of this Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS:NICU) were assessed, before using the scale to describe stress experienced by parents in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The extent to which parental stress from the parent-infant relationship in the unit was linked to parenting they received as a child, and adjustment to their couple relationship, was also examined. The sample consisted of 182 mothers and 183 fathers, who were in a cohabitating relationship, of infants from the NICU at Christchurch Women's Hospital. The self-report questionnaires included the PSS:NICU, Parental Bonding Instrument, and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, and were administered to parents within 2-3 weeks of their infant's birth. This study extends the finding of satisfactory psychometric properties of the PSS:NICU (Franck, Cox, Allen & Winter, 2005; Miles, Funk & Carlson, 1993; Reid & Bramwell, 2003) to this New Zealand sample. Mothers experienced significantly higher stress from the unit compared to fathers (p < .01). A previous finding, for mothers, of the parent-infant relationship being the most stressful aspect of the unit (Franck et al., 2005; Reid & Bramwell, 2003; Shields-Poe & Pinelli, 1997) extends to the New Zealand sample. The most stressful aspect of the unit for fathers was sights and sounds. Lack of evidence was found for associations between parental stress from the parent-infant relationship in the unit and parenting received as a child, or adjustment to their couple relationship. A weak but significant negative correlation was, however, found between stress from the mother-infant relationship and maternal care received in childhood. It is unnecessary to provide all parents with intervention further to what is already being practiced in the unit, as overall low levels of stress were reported. Some parents, however, did find the unit more stressful, and they may benefit from increased intervention.
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Perilla, Jessenia Y. "Support group for neonatal intensive care families| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1590144.
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Having an infant admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can be stressful and overwhelming for parents and families. Parents have developed anxiety and depression disorders, as a result of their experience from having their infant in the NICU. The stress and anxiety can also affect the parent-child attachment, as well as putting the infant/child at risk of abuse and neglect. A licensed clinical social worker will facilitate a support group using the strength based perspective to empower individuals and families. The support group goals are: to reduce the amount of stress that parents and/or caregivers encounter, as a result of their infant being in the NICU, to empower parents and/or caregivers to advocate for their infant who has been in the NICU, and to increase the parents and/or caregivers' ability to appropriately respond to the infant's needs. In selecting, Health Trust, as a funder, it values enhancing the well-being of individual and families in Santa Clara County. An actual submission to the funder was not a requirement of this project.
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Harris, Mary C. "The social construction of prematurity : negotiations in neonatal intensive care /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7310.
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Mendizabal-Espinosa, R. M. "A critical realist study of neonatal intensive care in Mexico." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2017. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1546182/.
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Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) aim not only to reduce mortality and morbidity but also to promote babies' future well-being and health. Baby-led (evidence-based) practices take into account babies' physical and emotional needs. They also consider parents' needs and, when possible, encourage parental participation. Based on ethnographic field work over the course of ten months, the study examined interactions among healthcare professionals, parents and babies in two Mexican NICUs. Dialectic critical realism underpinned the analysis of data while ideas taken from the new sociology of childhood contributed to an investigation about babies as service users of healthcare facilities in their own right. This thesis contributes to an understanding of why preterm babies in Mexico are cared for as they are and opens ways forward towards changes in practice. Three overarching themes, moral and physical hygiene, dignity and well-being, illuminated discussion of results. I identify theory/practice inconsistencies that arise when discourses about sanitation, breastfeeding and babies' best interests are used to control and oppress service users of public hospitals (babies and their parents) rather than to protect them. I have found evidence that relationships between healthcare staff and service users were influenced by prejudices about social class, gender and ethnicity, which resulted in deficient care and disrespect of basic human rights. I consider how wider structures such as neoliberal policies, Catholic practices, poverty, corruption and violence influenced the day-to-day life in these hospitals. The thesis concludes by identifying three ways in which practice might be improved: a) to consider nurses as agents of transformational change; b) to create multi-disciplinary teamwork, including parents and babies, in order to enhance communication at all levels; and c) to develop routine procedures and practices in the NICU informed by research evidence of high standards of care. Finally, I identify implications and steps for further research.
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Booth, Nicola. "Becoming a parent to an infant requiring neonatal intensive care." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2011. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/6095/.
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The number of babies that require care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit continues to rise in the UK and parents who have a baby who is born sick or prematurely find themselves adapting to this stressful and often unexpected event whilst also trying to establish their role as a new parent. With no current large British studies, this study explores the experiences of both mothers and fathers in the NICU in relation to adaptation and parental role development and how their experience changes over time. In total 76 parents were interviewed using semi structured interviews 7-10 days following the birth to capture their early experiences of the NICU and then again beyond 28 days to explore any changes in their views and feelings over time. Interviews were tape recorded, transcribed verbatim into the written word and imported into WINMAX PRO. Data analysis revealed nine major sections. These are preparation prior to birth, labour and delivery, first sight of infant, support from the partner, family, friends and other parents, support from and communication with staff, adaptation to the NICU experience, development of the parental role, changes with time and the experiences of fathers. Findings show differences in what mothers and fathers find stressful about their NICU experience, how they adapt to the birth of a sick or premature infant and in their development of the parental role. With the passage of time the events surrounding the birth became less significant as parents start to look to the future. Their role as a parent continued to develop with feelings that their baby needed and recognised them, but many parents felt that they were unable to influence what happened to their baby in the NICU. Recommendations are made for further research and for changes to NICU practice.
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Ponto, Jamie. "The role of the physiotherapist in the neonatal intensive care unit: perceptions from neonatal healthcare professionals." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7570.
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Magister Scientiae (Physiotherapy) - MSc(Physio)Background: The role of the physiotherapist in the neonatal intensive care unit is unclear. How other neonatal healthcare professionals and physiotherapists themselves perceive their role in the management of neonates, their practice patterns and services, their role in the neonatal intensive care multidisciplinary team, their use of evidence-based practice and awareness of the profession in this setting has not been well explored. This information is lacking in the South African healthcare context as well. Therefore, the aim of the study was to explore and describe the perception of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists of the role of the physiotherapist in public and private sector neonatal intensive care units in South Africa. Methods: A qualitative exploratory research design was used. All medical practitioners (paediatricians and neonatologists), nurses and physiotherapists working in the neonatal intensive care units in two private sector and two public sector hospitals in the Cape Metropole region in the Western Cape South Africa who provided consent to participate were included. An inclusive (total population) sampling method was used where all healthcare professionals working in these units were invited to an individual face-to-face audiotaped interview using a semi-structured interview guide and conducted by the researcher at a time and place convenient to the participants following informed consent. Data was transcribed verbatim and analysed using both deductive and inductive thematic content analysis to develop codes, categories and themes. Trustworthiness was ensured by ensuring credibility, conformability, dependability and transferability of data. Ethics was obtained from the relevant Institutional Review Board. Results: Twenty-one healthcare professionals participated, including doctors (n=5), nurses (n=6) and physiotherapists (n=10). The mean age in years of the participants was 41+/–11 years with the physiotherapists having the lowest mean age. The participants had various years of general and neonatal intensive care experience and physiotherapists in specific only had basic undergraduate qualifications with minimal specialised training in neonatal intensive care. Five major themes emerged namely: i) the role of the physiotherapists in the management of the neonatal ICU patient, ii) practice patterns and services iii) teamwork iv) training and qualifications including evidence-based practice, v) awareness of and exposure to neonatal intensive care physiotherapy. Conclusion: Physiotherapists working in this neonatal intensive care setting need to promote their profession through education of other neonatal healthcare professionals in order to improve awareness, referral patterns and integration into the multidisciplinary team. Evidence-based practices and improving training and skills development in the area of neonatal physiotherapy can be further explored in this setting.
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Dickson, Jennifer Launa. "Safe, effective, and patient-specific glycaemic control in neonatal intensive care." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10416.
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Very premature infants often experience high blood sugar levels as a result of incomplete metabolic development, illness, and stress. High blood sugar levels have been associated with a range of worsened outcomes and increased mortality, but debate exists as to whether high blood sugar levels are a cause of, or marker for, these worsened outcomes.
Insulin can be used to lower blood sugar levels, but there is no standard protocol for its use in neonates, and the few clinical studies of insulin use in neonatal intensive care are relatively small and/or have resulted in high incidence of dangerously low blood sugar levels. Hence, there is a need for a safe and effective protocol for controlling blood sugar levels to a normal range in order that potential clinical benefits can be successfully studied in this clinical cohort.
This thesis adapted a glucose-insulin model successfully used in adult intensive care for the unique physiology and situation of the very premature infant. The model aims to reflect known physiology. As such, sources and disposal of glucose and insulin within the body are examined using both published data and unique data sets from a study here in New Zealand. In addition, the absorption of glucose from milk feeds is examined. This glucose-insulin physiological model is then used alongside statistical forecasting to develop a protocol for selecting an appropriate insulin dose based on targeting of likely outcomes to a specified target normal range. The protocol is tested in silico using virtual trials, and then clinically implemented, with results showing improved performance over current clinical practice and other published studies. In particular, ~77% of blood glucose is observed within the specified target range across the cohort, and there has been no incidence of dangerously low blood glucose levels. This protocol is thus safe and effective, accounting for inter- and intra- patient variability, and thus enabling patient-specific care.
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Lovejoy-Bluem, Arlene. "Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Transitioning| Nursing Practices, Perspectives, and Perceptions." Thesis, Brandman University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3665293.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) delineated four criteria for management of perinatal care and discharge (DC) of high-risk neonates: 1) physiological stability, 2) tracking and surveillance of growth and development for each infant, 3) active parental involvement with the infant's care, and 4) follow-up care arranged with experienced primary care provider. Registered Nurses in California Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) were surveyed about NICU DC transitioning programs to 1) identify current common standards of care used in DC transitioning and 2) define the nature and extent of additional criteria and procedures used in DC transitioning. Useable surveys were obtained from 32 of the 79 facilities queried (41%): 17 (53%) Level II, 10 (31%) Level III, and 5 (16%) Level IV. All responding facilities were located in communities of 100,000 people or more. All but one of the facilities (97%) used all four AAP criteria for determining readiness for DC. Facilities differed in whether they also used weight, corrected gestational age, or both as criteria for DC. They differed in the definition of active parental involvement with care, the degree to which parents participated in DC planning, who arranged for post-DC primary care, and how outcomes of DC planning practices were evaluated. Profiles derived from these data can be used to expand procedures, guidelines, and policies for DC transitioning of the NICU graduate.
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Rowland, Emily. "Influences of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Microsystem on Mothers' Experiences." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32418.
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The goal of this project was to explore mothers’ experiences of caring for infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) using a microsystem perspective. This perspective focuses on the structure, processes and people and in so doing allows for a critical exploration of how these elements work together to influence mothers in the NICU. The research framework involved an institutional ethnography to explore care delivery, relationships, and discourses in the NICU. Data was collected using nonparticipant-observations, interviews, and collection of discourse artifacts. There is clear evidence that caring for an infant in the NICU can result in significant increases in maternal stress and associated outcomes. Results from triangulation of the data indicated that being separated from the infant and learning to mother in the unit were particularly salient experiences retold by the mothers. These experiences were affected – either positively or negatively – by different elements of the microsystem including consistency in communications, increased opportunities for mothers’ inclusion in decision-making and infant care and lastly, access to more support resources. Implementing improvements to the microsystem could better empower mothers adjusting to parenthood within the NICU context.
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Stanley, Leisa J. "Association among neonatal mortality, weekend or nighttime admissions and staffing in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002421.
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Thorburn, Kentigern. "In-vivo-and in-vitro evaluation of the 5 French neonatal gastric tonometer." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26488.
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Introduction - Gastrointestinal tonometry has been widely used in adult practice for the early detection of shock and multi-organ failure. Its application in paediatrics has been limited by unsuitably large tonometers and doubt about the accuracy of measurements when saline is used as a tonometric fluid / vehicle for carbon dioxide (CO₂) equilibration. Objective - To evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the newly developed saline 5 French (5F) neonatal gastric tonometer. Study Design - (a) Direct in-vivo comparison of the 5F 0.9%saline tonometer (NST) with the recirculating gas tonometer (RGT) [the current reference standard in adult practice] in 10 Paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients, measuring tonometric PCO₂ (PtCO₂) and gastric intramucosal PCO₂ (PiCO₂). (b) In-vivo comparison of PiCO₂ measurements from two 5F tonometers in 10 PICU patients in unfed and fed state. (c) In-vitro comparison of reference PCO₂ to PtCO₂ values obtained using 0.9%saline and phosphate buffered saline in SF tonometers, and the RGT. Results - (a) Comparing the SF NST to RGT in 50 paired simultaneous measurements over PtCO₂ range 3.0 - 9.7kPa, the mean bias was -1.44kPa; limits of agreements (LOA) ±1.45kPa. The mean values of PtCO₂- derived gastric intramucosal pH (pHi) and PiCO₂-PaCO₂ difference differed significantly by -.11 and + 1.1kPa respectively (p<0.0001). (b) 100 paired 5F NST measurements (50 fed/ 50 unfed) over PtCO₂ range 2.48-11.1kPa were assessed. No significant difference was observed in PtCO₂: mean difference (standard deviation) - unfed 0.05kPa (0.36) (p=0.36); fed 0.05kPa (0.42) (p=0.43). (c) 20 consecutive measurements of PtCO₂ were obtained from the 5F NST, 5F phosphate buffered saline tonometer (PBST) and RGT at constant reference PCOi's of 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0kPa. The 5F NST underestimated the reference PCO₂ by a mean bias of 58% (LOA ±20%); the 5F PBST by 6% (LOA ±26%); while the RGT performed best with a mean bias of 5.7% and tight LOA ±1.5%. Conclusion - There are inherent problems in the methodology of the saline tonometry utilised in the 5F neonatal gastric tonometer. The use of the saline SF neonatal gastric tonometer to monitor gut perfusion in neonates and children should be interpreted with caution. Recirculating gas tonometry is the most accurate method of tonometry studied.
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Perehudoff, Barbara Elaine. "Parents' perceptions of environmental stressors in the special care nursery." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26134.
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This descriptive comparative and correlational study was designed to determine the degree of environmental stress perceived by mothers and fathers during the first week of their infant's admission to a Special Care Nursery (SCN) and to determine the differences in their perceptions. In addition, the variables of gestational age, birth weight and paternal attitude toward caregiving were investigated for their relationship to the perceived degree of environmental stress. A convenience sample of 31 sets of parents was selected from a tertiary level SCN in a large urban children's hospital. Both parents completed the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Parental Stress Scale and an information sheet; fathers also completed the Paternal Attitude Scale. Overall, mothers and fathers perceived the SCN environment as a low source of stress. Mothers were moderately stressed by their altered parental role. In addition, mothers were significantly more stressed by the environmental aspects of SCN and the total SCN experience than were fathers. Environmental stress arising from staff communications and relations was significantly negatively related to birth weight and gestational age. No significant relationship was found between paternal attitude toward care giving and the fathers' perception of environmental stress.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Farr, Shirley Marie. "A developmental care program in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2741.
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McCanless, Lauri Lynn. "A SIBLING'S-EYE VIEW OF THE NEWBORN'S NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT HOSPITALIZATION." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275267.
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Nathan, Lisa. "Noise levels in a neonatal intensive care unit in the Cape Metropole." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2339.
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Thesis (MScMedSc (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. Speech-Language and Hearing Therapy))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.Noise is a noxious stimulus with possible negative physiological effects on the infant, especially in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The present study conducted a detailed noise assessment in a NICU of a state hospital in the Cape Metropole and documented 6 infants’ physiological responses to noise levels. Noise levels ranged from 62.3-66.7dBA (LAeq), which exceed all American and British standards (50dBA -60dBA) for a NICU. Continuous exposure to noise of these levels is potentially harmful to the infants’ auditory system and health stability. The general well-being of the staff working in the NICU may also be compromised. Analysis of the noise events revealed that staff conversations were the largest single contributor to the number of noise events, while the largest single non-human contributor was the alarm noise of the monitors. No significant correlations were found between the heart rates and noise levels and the respiratory rates and the noise levels for any of the participants in either room. The NICU was found to be an extremely reverberant environment, which suggested that the NICU noise levels were largely a result of reverberant noise reinforcements. NICU nursing staff’s most common suggestion for noise abatement strategies was reduction of staff conversation. Results of this study highlight the need for NICU noise abatement to optimise newborn patient care, reduce the risk of acoustic trauma and to improve the neonate’s quality of life, thus enhancing the infant’s physiologic stability, growth and health.
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Matsumoto, Maya. "Improving the Timing of Bilirubin Screening in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1976.
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Background
Hyperbilirubinemia is a condition that affects most infants, but typically self-resolves and is not harmful. However, if bilirubin levels exceed neuroprotective defenses, the compound can cross the blood-brain barrier and have neurotoxic and potentially fatal effects. Treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia with phototherapy is necessary for the prevention of kernicterus. Guidelines for the use of phototherapy in infants born at ≥ 35 weeks’ gestation were published by Bhutani et al. and endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Consensus-based recommendations for phototherapy treatment and exchange transfusion of premature infants were published in 2012 by Maisels, et al. However, there are no published recommendations for the timing of screening for hyperbilirubinemia in NICU patients. In 2012, the Kapʻiolani Medical Center for Women & Children Neonatology Division implemented internal guidelines for phototherapy with recommendations for the timing of screening serum bilirubin levels, based on the group’s opinion. Five years later, the current study queried whether these guidelines for screening were appropriate.
Objective
The present study sought to describe current practices of obtaining serum bilirubin levels and the use of phototherapy in the NICU during the first five days of life. It was hypothesized that many bilirubin levels obtained at ≤ 48 hours of life are below published recommended treatment thresholds and are potentially unnecessary.
Methods
Retrospective chart review was performed on all infants admitted to the NICU at
< 24 hours of life, from July 2016-June 2017. Eligible infants were divided into three gestation age groups: ≤ 28, 29-35, and ≥ 36 weeks at birth. Patient demographics, bilirubin levels, and phototherapy treatment were noted. The primary outcome of interest was the percent of serum bilirubin levels obtained during the first 48 hours of life that did not meet phototherapy treatment criteria.
Results
931 charts were reviewed. Infants born at ≤ 28, 29-35 and ≥ 36 weeks’ gestation made up 10%, 51% and 39% of the cohort. Overall mortality was 3%, and no exchange transfusions were performed during the study period. At least one serum bilirubin level was obtained for 96% of the patients, but only 55% were treated with phototherapy within the first five days of life. Phototherapy was rarely prescribed on day of life (DOL) 1 (0.7%). By DOL 2, a total of 563 bilirubin levels were obtained, but only 108 infants (19%) were treated with phototherapy. However, one-third of these patients’ bilirubin levels did not meet published criteria for treatment. The timing of phototherapy treatment varied by gestational age. Ninety percent of infants born ≤ 28 weeks’ gestation who received phototherapy were treated starting between DOL 2-3. In contrast, eighty-five percent of infants born ≥ 29 weeks’ gestation who received phototherapy, started on DOL 3-5.
Discussion
Far more bilirubin levels were obtained than courses of phototherapy prescribed. Given the distinct patterns of phototherapy for infants of varying gestational age, there is ample opportunity to improve resource utilization with targeted recommendations for obtaining screening bilirubin levels in the neonate without early jaundice.
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Sasaki, Hatoko. "The organizational analysis for quality improvement in neonatal intensive care in Japan." Kyoto University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/232147.
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Cruz, M. D., A. M. Fernandes, and CR Oliveira. "CO75 - Epidemiology of procedural pain in neonatal intensive care units of Portugal." Bachelor's thesis, Secção de Neonatologia da Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/17193.
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A neonatologia é uma subespecialidade da pediatria relativamente nova iniciando-se
como uma área altamente tecnológica e que tende a ser cada vez menos invasiva.
Foram vários os avanços que permitiram uma redução da mortalidade do recém-nascido
prematuro: o transporte in utero, os corticóides prenatais, o "milagre" do surfactante,
cuidados regionalizados (de que Portugal é um bom exemplo), ...
Com a evolução dos tempos a preocupação dos neonatologistas "transferiu-se" da
mortalidade para a morbilidade, os cuidados passaram de centrados no doente a
centrados na família, a ventilação tornou-se não invasiva, a maior importância
da nutrição, sono, redução da infecção, luz, ruído e dor, variáveis conjuntas
influenciando o neurodesenvolvimento.
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Karl, Bethany C. "The Importance of Child Life Within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1428577797.
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de, la Cruz-Schmedel Dorothy. "Neonate psychophysiological responses to ambient features of the neonatal intensive care unit." Scholarly Commons, 1989. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/549.
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Hospital treatment environments have become a major concern in recent years. Noise and illumination are potential stress sources in hospitals. The purpose ofthis study was to examine the effects of hospital noise levels and ambient illumination on newborn infants (neonates). Noise levels and lighting were varied and the effect upon neonatal heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, and oxygen consumption were measured. These measures are sensitive tosympathetic nervous system reactivity such as that brought about by stressful environments. In addition, noise and lighting levels were measured to determine if differences existed across conditions. Psychophysiological responses to various noise and lighting levels varied within and across neonates with some changes in the expected direction. Some unexpected results of Quiet Time were noted among neonatal intensive care staff and hospital personnel.
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Phillips, Gary John. "The role of inflammation in hyperoxia-induced lung injury." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295865.
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Register, Craig H. "A survey of neonatal suction techniques performed by registered nurses." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2002. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=128.
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Lawhon, Gretchen. "Facilitation of parenting within the newborn intensive care unit /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7195.
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Manogaran, Myuri. "Managing Transitions of Care: An Examination of Parents’ and Providers’ Perspectives on the Transitions of Care of Neonatal Patients from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35751.
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Objectives: Transitions of care (ToC) for a high-risk neonatal population, and in some cases inappropriate and early discharge, can have important implications for community and broader population health. As it is a key indicator of the efficiency of the system of health services, the ease of ToC has been a priority for improving care outcomes across all settings in our nation’s healthcare system. Research shows that inappropriate discharges can lead to negative outcomes for patients and their families, health professionals, and the health system. Collaboration amongst the health care professionals, the community, and the patient’s family is needed for an efficient transition. This research examined how interprofessional collaboration (IPC) can act as a catalyst for efficient and effective ToC from a high-risk neonatal unit to care back in the community.
Approach: Twelve infants were observed from their admission on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) until their discharge home. The 12 consisted of four patients discharged directly home, four to another unit within the same hospital, and four to another institution. Stage one involved a document analysis of documents related to ToC policy on the NICU. Stage two involved observation. Stage three involved interviews with healthcare professionals (HCPs) in the hospital and community (n=30) and family members (n=12). Stage four consisted of deliberative workshops with the hospital management and research participants to share the results and obtain their feedback.
Results: Including parents early in the ToC planning process helps parents feel they’re a part of the interprofessional care team, in-charge of their infant’s care and thus better equipped mentally to handle their infant’s ToC. Knowing early on their infant’s discharge plan allows parents the opportunity to ask questions regarding caring for the infant at home or to meet the new healthcare team at the new site (hospital/floor) prior to the transfer. Mechanisms need to be in place to ensure that communication regarding ToC is consistent and clear to and between all HCPs whether in the hospital (e.g. bedside nurse) or in the community (e.g. family doctor). Having a clear understanding of what information should be transferred during a ToC will prevent unnecessary tests and misunderstandings. Increasing HCPs’ knowledge of available community resources will aide in transitioning infants to community care and thus freeing bed space and decreasing unnecessary costs at the hospital (i.e. A feeding and growing baby can be weighed by family doctor or Rapid Response Nurse and not necessarily the neonatologist). A consistent ToC policy across all NICUs would also be beneficial to ensuring a smoother ToC of infants.
Conclusion: It is believed that communication and education in an interprofessional context is critical for more efficient and effective ToC of neonates.
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Thernström, Blomqvist Ylva. "Kangaroo Mother Care : Parents’ experiences and patterns of application in two Swedish neonatal intensive care units." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Pediatrik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-180047.
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Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is an alternative model of care that prevents parent-infant separation when preterm infants need neonatal intensive care by skin-to-skin contact between infants and their parents. KMC is also a strategy that involves parents in their infants’ care and enables them to assume the responsibility for the care. Furthermore, KMC promotes parent-infant bonding and attachment. The overall aim of this thesis was to gain a deeper understanding and knowledge about parents’ capacity, willingness, and experiences of KMC and to which extent parents choose to use KMC throughout their infants' hospital stay. These studies were conducted in the NICUs at two Swedish university hospitals (NICU A and NICU B). Mothers of infants cared for at NICU A (n=17) answered a questionnaire about their experiences of KMC (Paper I). Twenty parents of infants cared for at NICU A recorded the duration of each KMC session during a period of 24 hours and the identity the KMC provider (Paper II). Seven fathers were interviewed about their experiences of KMC (Paper III) and 76 mothers and 74 fathers completed a questionnaire about what facilitated or rendered it difficult to perform KMC (Paper IV). The time of initiation of KMC and duration in minutes, and the identity of the KMC providers was recorded continuously during the infants’ (n=104) hospital stay: 83 mothers and 80 fathers also completed a questionnaire during their infants’ hospital stay (Paper V). This thesis provides new knowledge about parents’ practice of KMC, also continuously day and night, in a high tech NICU in an affluent society, with good resources for infant care in an incubator by trained staff. The accuracy of parents’ records of KMC were comparable to nurses’ records. The results indicate that parents want to be together with their infant in the NICU and be actively involved in the infants’ care. Although parents may experience KMC as exhausting and uncomfortable, they still prefer KMC to conventional neonatal intensive care as it supports their parental role. Early initiation of KMC after birth appears to result in a longer total duration of KMC during the infants’ hospital stay.
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Lammers, Joyce. "Physical Therapists’ Beliefs about Preparation to Work in Special Care Nurseries and Neonatal Intensive Care Units." Diss., NSUWorks, 2018. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_pt_stuetd/65.
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BACKGROUND: Physical therapists (PTs) may care for full-term or premature newborns in all levels of hospital nurseries. There is some endorsement in the published physical therapy literature for restricting practice in the nursery setting to only those PTs with specialized training.1-4 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of becoming and being a physical therapist in a special care nursery (SCN) or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) from the therapists’ perspective. METHODS: The participants were physical therapists who have practiced in a SCN or NICU in the United States. A phenomenological approach was used and data was collected through interviews. The constant comparative method was used to analyze the data and identify common themes to describe therapists’ beliefs about becoming and being a physical therapist in a hospital nursery. RESULTS: These four themes include: 1) Never Alone, which reflects the unique collaborative culture of the NICU; 2) Families First, which speaks to the need to focus on the family, avoid judgment, and facilitate their involvement in the care of their child; 3) Take a Deep Breath, which reflects the need to be mindful and cautious because of the potential to do harm due to the extreme fragility of the infant; and 4) Know What You Don’t Know, which reflects the depth and breadth of knowledge necessary to work in the NICU/SCN. CONCLUSIONS: This project was the first to systematically research practicing therapist’s beliefs and perspectives regarding PT practice in the SCN and NICU. It is evident that current practice does not align with the adopted statements from APTA and APPT, as well as other professional associations. Much evidence draws attention to the fragility of premature neonates, yet our PT practice and education does not appropriately address these concerns.
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Le, Compte A. J. "Modelling the glucose-insulin regulatory system for glycaemic control in neonatal intensive care." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2602.
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Hyperglycaemia is a common condition in the very low birth weight infant and is linked to mortality and increased risks of morbidities such as sepsis and retinopathy of prematurity. The preterm neonate is in a state of transition from complete dependence on the mother to physiological independence. Many metabolic regulation systems are under-developed, attenuating the natural metabolic hormonal control response. Tight regulation of glucose levels can significantly reduce the negative outcomes associated with hyperglycaemia, but achieving it remains clinically elusive for the neonate.
Glucose control in adult critical care is a highly researched topic, and several studies have demonstrated significantly improved outcomes with protocols that modulate the insulin and/or nutrition inputs into the patient. Despite the potential, no standard protocol exists for neonates. Glucose restriction is often used as a treatment for neonatal hyperglycaemia, however this deprives the infant of much needed energy for growth. Limited trials of insulin infusions have been reported, based on fixed protocols or ad-hoc clinical decisions that do not objectively account for an individual patient's metabolic state.
Model-based methods can deliver control that is patient-specific and adaptive to handle highly dynamic patients. A physiological model of the glucose-insulin regulatory system is presented in this thesis, adapted from adult critical care. This model has three compartments for glucose utilisation, effective interstitial insulin and its transport, and insulin kinetics in blood plasma, with emphasis on clinical applicability. The predictive control for the model is driven by the patient-specific and time-varying insulin sensitivity parameter. A novel integral-based parameter identification enables fast and accurate real-time model adaptation to individual patients and patient condition.
Validation on retrospective clinical data demonstrated the model's ability to capture the major dynamics of the glucose-insulin system in the critically ill neonate. Model fit and prediction performance analysis resulted in a similar level of performance as adult intensive care models and thus suitable for model-based targeted control. Comparison of insulin sensitivity profiles with adult critical care patients highlighted the glycaemic control problem as one of managing inter- and intra-patient variability.
Stochastic models and time-series methods for forecasting future insulin sensitivity are presented in this thesis. These methods can deliver probability intervals to support clinical control interventions. The risk of adverse glycaemic outcomes given observed variability from cohort-specific and patient-specific forecasting methods can be quantified to inform clinical staff. Hypoglycaemia can thus be further avoided with the probability interval guided intervention assessments.
Simulation studies of clinical control trials on `virtual patients' derived from retrospective clinical data provided a framework to optimise control protocol design in-silico. Comparisons with retrospective control showed substantial improvements in glycaemia within the target 4 - 7 mmol/L range by optimising the infusions of insulin. The simulation environment allowed experimentation with controller parameters to arrive at a protocol that operates within the constraints imposed by the clinically fragile state of the preterm infant.
The resulting control system was piloted in seven 12-24 hour clinical trials at the Christchurch Women's Neonatal Department. Glucose levels were tightly controlled in all cases over a trial cohort that represented a wide range of patient conditions and severity of illness. Model predictive performance agreed with simulation results and the stochastic model forecast bounds maintained patient safety.
Overall, the research presented takes model-based neonatal glycaemic control from concept to proof-of-concept clinical pilot trials. The thesis develops the full range of models, tools and methods to optimise the protocol design and problem solution. This research thus provides a template for model-based glycaemic control development in general that could be extended to other glycaemic control and similar problems.
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Flaherty, Lauren E. "Effectiveness of nonpharmacological techniques for procedural analgesia in the neonatal intensive care unit." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/380.
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The purpose of this thesis is to provide a critical analysis of research findings about nonpharmacological techniques used independently of pharmacological techniques to prevent or reduce procedural pain for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). A synthesis of the current research related to nonpharmacological pain relief techniques for infants was conducted for this thesis. Nonpharmacological interventions reviewed in this study include: Kangaroo Care, swaddling, facilitated tucking, positioning, music, non-nutritive sucking and sucrose. An interdisciplinary review of the research was performed using the interdisciplinary databases Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health, PubMED, and PsychINFO. Inclusion criteria for this thesis consists of research focused on preterm neonates (born less than] 37 weeks gestational age) in the neonatal intensive care unit, the use of nonpharmacological interventions for procedural analgesia, peer reviewed articles, and those written in the English language. This study excludes full term neonates due to the significant number of preterm neonates in the NICU. A total of 18 studies were included in this review. All interventions except for positioning show statistically significant evidence to support their use to reduce procedural pain in preterm neonates. Findings of this thesis may promote further studies and exploration into this field. In addition, this thesis establishes the role of the nurse in providing pain relief for infants in the NICU, as well as provide for enhancement of interdisciplinary care amongst other health care providers.B.S.N.
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