scholarly journals CLOTHES DEVELOPMENT BASED ON METHODS OF HANDLING OF PREMATURE BABIES IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 256-262
Author(s):  
V. Danila ◽  
A. Curteza ◽  
S. Balan
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Pilot Clinical Study ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

The health of children born prematurely remains a significant challenge, but clothing products designed considering medical requirements and handling methods used in the intensive care unit, may contribute to the reduction of neonatal mortality. Assistants in the therapy unit implement practices based on the needs of vulnerable infants, from the very first second of life. This pilot clinical study was conducted in a specialised on neonatal intensive care unit, at the IMSP Municipal Clinical Hospital Gheorghe Paladi from Chisinau. Informed consent of parents and/or careers was required. All users (nurses and doctors) were informed about the product and instructed regarding dressing and undressing process. This controlled study was conducted under the supervision of doctors and nurses. As the study was exploratory in nature, aspects of grounded theory have been used for qualitative data collection. The sample studied consists of preterm infants less than 30 weeks GA, admitted by UTIN in 2018. The population eligible for qualitative data collection was made up of neonatology nurses from the clinic. To obtain a heterogeneous sample, aspects such as age, work experience, environment, and education were considered. The method of observation and subsequent testing used of the newly designed products and every manipulation under medical conditions was intensely studied. Local reactions, if any, due to the texture and quality of the textile material that come into contact with the baby's skin, were also carefully monitored. The process of dressing and stripping off the products, carrying out medical manipulations (in case of neonatal emergencies), were also carefully observed for developing ease of use clothes.

scholarly journals Necessidades de mães de bebês internados em UTI Neonatal de uma maternidade privada

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 1390-1404
Author(s):  
Alline Silva Pimentel Barcellos ◽  
Geovanna Porto Inácio ◽  
Joana D´Arc Silvério Porto
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Terapia Intensiva

RESUMO A hospitalização do bebê na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal (UTI Neo) pode ser acompanhada de momentos de instabilidade, insegurança e rupturas na relação mãe-bebê. A mãe tem um papel importante no desenvolvimento e recuperação do bebê nesta unidade. Desse modo são imprescindíveis a atenção e o cuidado com essas mães. Esta pesquisa identificou a importância e a satisfação das necessidades de mães com bebês internados na UTI Neo de uma maternidade particular. Participaram15 mães, com idade média 28 anos. Os instrumentos utilizados para a coleta de dados foram: questionário sociodemográfico e o Inventário de Necessidades e Estressores de Familiares em Terapia Intensiva (INEFTI). Os resultados evidenciaram que as mães avaliaram as cinco dimensões segurança, proximidade, informação, conforto e suporte como muito importantes a importantíssimas. No entanto, alguns itens demonstraram insatisfação, principalmente no que se refere ao conforto. Espera-se que esses resultados possam atender as necessidades das mães ao favorecer o diálogo, o cuidado e criar melhores condições de acolhimento e de espaço físico para amenizar o sofrimento advindo desse período de internação do bebê na UTI Neo.   ABSTRACT The hospitalization of the baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Neo ICU) may be accompanied by moments of instability, insecurity and ruptures in the mother-baby relationship. The mother plays an important role in the baby's development and recovery in this unit. Thus, attention and care to these mothers are essential. This research identified the importance and satisfaction of the needs of mothers with babies admitted to the Neo ICU of a private maternity hospital. Fifteen mothers, mean age 28 years, participated. The instruments used for data collection were: a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Inventory of Needs and Stressors of Families in Intensive Care (INEFTI). The results showed that the mothers evaluated the five dimensions safety, closeness, information, comfort and support as very important to very important. However, some items showed dissatisfaction, especially regarding comfort. It is expected that these results may meet the mothers' needs by favoring dialogue, care and creating better conditions for welcoming and physical space to ease the suffering resulting from this period of hospitalization of the baby in the Neo ICU.

scholarly journals Assessing needs of families with premature newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Medicina ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Vaškelytė ◽  
Rūta Butkevičienė ◽  
David Klemmac
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Premature Newborns ◽  
Perinatal Center

The aim of this study was to identify needs of families with premature newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, perceived by parents and nurses. The study was conducted in the Kaunas Perinatal Center, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine. The sample consisted of 181 parents and 37 nurses. The NICU Family Needs Inventory was used for data collection. The instrument included five dimensions of needs. Reliability of the scale was identified as 0.94 using Cronbach’s a. Results. The importance of the needs by parents was prioritized as following: assurance, proximity, information, support, and comfort, and by nurses – assurance, information, proximity, support, and comfort. The needs for assurance, proximity, and information were significantly more important for parents as compared with nurses. Needs for support were significantly more important for nurses. Forty-seven (83.9%) items (out of 56) were identified as important by parents and 49 (87.5%) items – by nurses. Both parents and nurses identified the same 7 items within the group of 10 most important. Parents and nurses identified the same 7 items within the group of 10 least important. Conclusions. Both groups of respondents identified needs for assurance as the most important for parents. The needs for comfort were perceived as the least important by parents and nurses. All groups of needs, except the needs for support, were significantly more important for parents as compared with nurses. Both parents and nurses identified the same 44 items (out of 56) as important for parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The 10 most important need statements and 10 least important need statements were identified by parents and nurses.

Verwaltungskoordination in der internationalen Energiepolitik

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Widmuch
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection ◽  
Critical Resources

National and international administrative actors interact via coordination processes that are often informal, in which they exercise power to accumulate critical resources or push their agendas. Supported by quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis techniques, this work sheds light on factors that facilitate the successful exercise of power in the energy sector. It looks not only at corporate factors, such as personnel, but also at individual characteristics, such as work experience. A central finding of the study shows that the successful exercise of power is not conditioned by individual corporate factors, but is made possible by a combination of different factors.

scholarly journals Necrotizing enterocolitis. Controlled study of 3 years' experience in a neonatal intensive care unit.

1977 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 772-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
G L Bunton ◽  
G M Durbin ◽  
N McIntosh ◽  
D G Shaw ◽  
A Taghizadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Necrotizing Enterocolitis ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Controlled Study

scholarly journals Ototoxicity management: An investigation into doctors’ knowledge and practices, and the roles of audiologists in a tertiary hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Wium ◽  
Berna Gerber
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
The Right ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Background: A significant number of medications that are prescribed by doctors to treat cancers, tuberculosis and infections are ototoxic. Disclosure of ototoxic risks is ethical practice as patients have the right to be properly informed about and involved in decisions about their health care. Often, doctors fail to disclose such information.Aim: This research investigated whether a group of doctors working in a South African academic hospital inform their patients about the ototoxic risks associated with specific medications, and if not, explore the reasons for it. It was determined what the participants’ knowledge levels of ototoxicity were as knowledge is seen as a precursor to disclosing information to their patients. A further aim of the research was to determine whether audiologists should expand their role by sharing information with patients and other professionals in the management of ototoxicity and in the hospital.Method: There were 90 participants included in the study through convenience sampling, which represented interns, medical officers, registrars and consultants in the neonatal intensive care unit, intensive care unit, ear–nose–throat, and internal and family medicine departments. The research made use of a descriptive survey design that collected mainly quantitative data and a limited amount of qualitative data through questionnaires. The data were descriptively analysed, and the qualitative data were listed and quantified.Results: The research firstly determined the participants’ knowledge and understanding of ototoxicity, and it was found that there was room for improvement. With reference to the current practices of doctors in the prescription of ototoxic medicines, it was found that disclosure of ototoxic risks was limited, mostly because of a lack of time and insufficient knowledge. In comparing knowledge and practices between levels of employment, it was found that particular post levels performed better than others. The participants regarded the role of the audiologist as team member important, although very few referred their patients for audiological monitoring when they prescribe ototoxic medication.Conclusion: A need for additional support to doctors was identified, which indicates that audiologists should expand their role to include the provision of continued professional development activities and to renew their efforts to advocate their role in the hospital so that doctors are made aware of the importance to refer their patients for ototoxic screening and monitoring.

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