scholarly journals Importance of physiotherapy/nursing multidisciplinary integration about update newborn position in the neonatal intensive care unit

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa da Silva Neves Moreira Arakaki ◽  
Alana Monteiro de Oliveira ◽  
Trícia Bogossian ◽  
Viviane Saraiva de Almeida ◽  
Gustavo Dias da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Physical Therapist ◽  
Body Position ◽  
Effective Care ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Clinical Stability

AbstractIntroduction The high-risk newborns may require long periods of hospitalization until they reach clinical stability for hospital discharge. Avoiding babies to be in only one body position may be an effective way to cause respiratory and neuro-psycho-motor benefits, comfort and preventing pressure ulcers.Objectives This study investigated the impact of physiotherapy/nursing integration in update on body positioning of the newborn in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Methods A questionnaire was administered to nurses and nursing technicians of the neonatal unit of Maternity School of UFRJ and nurses of the Advanced Course in Neonatal Nursing from the same institution. Two classes were taught by the physical therapist of the sector and the questions answered before and after these lessons. It was also a brief characterization of professional participants of the study. We used the Student's t test to compare the correct answers before (PRE) and after (POST) the classes, considering p < 0.05.Results There was a significant increase in the degree of knowledge of nurses and nursing technicians when compared the responses before (nurses: 68.8%; technicians: 70.1%) and after classes (nurses: 78.4 %; technicians: 88.9%). The nurses were less than five years of graduated (45%) and little time of professional experience in neonatology (60%). Forty-seven percent of technicians had less than five years of training and 82% had less than 10 years of experience.Conclusion The use of training by the nursing staff was significant, showing the importance of multidisciplinary approach and the integration of knowledge in the search for a humanized and effective care.

scholarly journals Impact of a Care Bundle on the Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-13
Author(s):  
Jerome Lee ◽  
Winona Lee ◽  
Chieko Kimata ◽  
Alyssa Honda ◽  
Neal Charles
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Necrotizing Enterocolitis ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Care Bundle ◽  
Very Preterm Infants ◽  
Very Preterm ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

Objective: Evaluate the impact of a care bundle on the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in the neonatal intensive care unit. Study Design: Retrospective, single-center, population comparison of patients diagnosed with NEC before and after implementing an NEC care bundle utilizing standardized feeding protocol, donor milk program, transfusion protocol, early antibiotic protocol, and restricted indomethacin use. Result: Incidence of NEC fell from 1.92 to 0.83% (P <0.0001). Incidence of NEC in the 23-27 weeks gestation group decreased from 14.21 to 6.09% (P = 0.0009). In the 28-30 weeks gestation group, NEC incidence decreased from 5.56 to 2.10% (P = 0.0096). Significant reduction of recurrent NEC and transfusion-associated NEC was observed. Conclusion: Implementation of an NEC care bundle reduced NEC incidence, with the greatest impact seen in the most vulnerable preterm and very preterm infants.

Communicating with parents in neonatal intensive care units: The impact on parental stress

2017 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 710-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Enke ◽  
Andrés Oliva y Hausmann ◽  
Felix Miedaner ◽  
Bernhard Roth ◽  
Christiane Woopen
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Parental Stress ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
The Impact

An In-Service Educational Package Improves Alarm Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Before and After Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 097321792110512
Author(s):  
Suryaprakash Hedda ◽  
Shashidhar A. ◽  
Saudamini Nesargi ◽  
Kalyan Chakravarthy Balla ◽  
Prashantha Y. N. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Response Time ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Alarm Management ◽  
Educational Package ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Before And After Study

Background: Monitoring in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) largely relies on equipment which have a number of alarms that are often quite loud. This creates a noisy environment, and moreover leads to desensitization of health-care personnel, whereby potentially important alarms may also be ignored. The objective was to evaluate the effect of an educational package on alarm management (the number of alarms, response to alarms, and appropriateness of settings). Methods: A before and after study was conducted at a tertiary neonatal care center in a teaching hospital in India involving all health-care professionals (HCP) working in the high dependency unit. The intervention consisted of demo lectures about working of alarms and bedside demonstrations of customizing alarm limits. A pre- and postintervention questionnaire was also administered to assess knowledge and attitude toward alarms. The outcomes were the number and type of alarms, response time, appropriateness of HCP response, and appropriateness of alarm limits as observed across a 24-h period which were compared before and after the intervention. Findings: The intervention resulted in a significant decrease in the number of alarms (11.6-9.6/h). The number of times where appropriate alarm settings were used improved from 24.3% to 67.1% ( P < .001). The response time to alarm did not change significantly (225 s vs 200 s); however, the appropriate response to alarms improved significantly from 15.6% to 68.8%. Conclusion: A simple structured intervention can improve the appropriate management of alarms. Application to Practice: Customizing alarm limits and nursing education reduce the alarm burden in NICUs

scholarly journals A Sterile Collection Bundle Intervention Reduces the Recovery of Bacteria from Neonatal Blood Culture

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linze F. Hamilton ◽  
Helen E. Gillett ◽  
Adam Smith-Collins ◽  
Jonathan W. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Blood Culture ◽  
False Positive ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Group Versus ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Culture Collection ◽  
Blood Cultures ◽  
Before And After

Background: In neonatal intensive care, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species can be both blood culture contaminants and pathogens. False-positive cultures can result in clinical uncertainty and unnecessary antibiotic use. Objective: This study sought to assess whether a sterile blood culture collection bundle would reduce the incidence of false-positive blood cultures in a regional neonatal intensive care unit. Method: Clinical data was collected from all infants who had blood cultures taken before and after the introduction of the sterile blood culture collection bundle intervention. This intervention required 2% chlorhexidine and full sterile precautions for blood culture collection. False-positive blood culture rates (presence of skin commensals and ≥3 clinical infection signs) were compared before and after the intervention. The number of days of unnecessary antibiotics associated with false-positive blood cultures was also analysed. Results: In the pre-intervention group (PRE) 197 cultures were taken from 161 babies. In the post-intervention group (POST) 170 cultures from 133 babies were acquired. Baseline demographics were similar in both groups. The rate of false-positive cultures in the PRE group versus the POST group was 9/197 (4.6%) compared to 1/170 (0.6%) (p < 0.05). Unnecessary antibiotic exposure was reduced in the PRE group in comparison to the POST group (27 vs. 0 days, p < 0.01). Conclusions: Implementation of sterile blood culture collection intervention reduced the number of false-positive results. This has potential benefit in reducing unnecessary antibiotic use.

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