Skin care practices for very low birthweight neonates

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Title Skin care practices for very low birthweight neonates
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author Olson, Debra Lynne
Date 1986-12
Description The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify skin care practices implemented by nurses in maintenance of skin integrity in very premature infants, to identify if these practices were supported with written protocols and to identify those practices that varied with gestational and postnatal age. The sample consisted of 97 nurses from 39 states who had recent experience in newborn intensive care units with very low birthweight infants. Data were collected with a questionnaire which identified neonatal skin care practices, written protocols and sample characteristics. Data analysis revealed 71% if respondents had written protocols for one or more skin care practice areas, 8% had protocols for all 11 practice areas and 28% had no written protocols. Implementation of specific practices within the areas identified ranged from 1% to 100%. Although six reported practice areas varied with gestational age, none varied significantly with postnatal age and four were practiced without regard to gestational or postnatal age. Respondents indicated that skin integrity of the extremely premature neonate was influenced by both gestational and postnatal age.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Premature infants - Hospital care; Skin - Care and hygiene
Subject MESH Infant, Small for Gestational Age; Skin Abnormalities; Administration, Topical
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "Skin care practices for very low birthweight neonates". Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library.
Rights Management © Debra Lynne Olson.
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
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Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available)
Master File Extent 1,947,700 bytes
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61g0p0x
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