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Developmental care measures are integrated in the NICU, but these measures are largely overlooked when it comes to standard care activities such as diapering. This general review of developmental care in the NICU discusses how caregivers can apply appropriate, individualized developmental care measures to diapering regimens. Numerous opportunities...
To develop and evaluate an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for assessment and routine care of neonatal skin, educate nurses about the scientific basis for practices recommended in the guideline, and design procedures that facilitate implementation of the project guideline into clinical practice.
Descriptive report of the collaborative ne...
Objective
To test the effectiveness of an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for neonatal skin care on selected clinical outcomes for newborns in neonatal intensive-care units (NICU), special-care units (SCU), and well-baby nurseries.
Design
Prospective evaluation of the collaborative neonatal skin care research-based practice project of t...
The skin of the premature infant is at risk of physical and mechanical injury because of the incompletely developed stratum corneum and the decreased number of fibrils that connect the epidermis to the dermis. The stratum corneum can be traumatized in a variety of ways including epidermal stripping from removal of adhesives, burns, pressure sores,...
To develop and evaluate an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for assessment and routine care of neonatal skin, educate nurses about the scientific basis for practices recommended in the guideline, and design procedures that facilitate implementation of the project guideline into clinical practice.
Descriptive report of the collaborative ne...
To test the effectiveness of an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for neonatal skin care on selected clinical outcomes for newborns in neonatal intensive-care units (NICU), special-care units (SCU), and well-baby nurseries.
Prospective evaluation of the collaborative neonatal skin care research-based practice project of the Association of...
To review the literature addressing the care of neonatal skin.
Computerized searches in MEDLINE and CINAHL, as well as references cited in articles reviewed. Key concepts in the searches included neonatal skin differences; neonatal skin and care practices for skin integrity; neonatal skin and toxicity; permeability; and contact irritant sensitizati...
Patients in the neonatal intensive care unit require life support and monitoring equipment that must be securely attached to the skin; removal or replacement often causes skin trauma. In this study, we compared the effects of application and removal of three different adhesives on the skin barrier function of premature neonates. The effects were me...
The use of a pectin-based barrier between tape and skin as a method of minimizing epidermal stripping while keeping monitoring equipment and other devices securely attached to infants was evaluated. From 45 subjects, 199 application/removal procedures were recorded. The pectin-based barrier under tape held appliances securely for an average of 5.5...
