Abstract Objective To map palliative care training strategies to prepare the healthcare team working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Methods A scoping review carried out in the Pubmed, BDENF, Medline and LILACS databases between June and August 2023, based on the inclusion criteria: scientific articles published and available in Portuguese, English or Spanish, published between 2018 and 2023 and available in full for online access. The review followed the JBI recommendations and used the PRISMA extension. Results Seven studies […]

Abstract Objective: To characterize the clinical-epidemiological profile of premature infants admitted to the intensive unit of a public hospital in Paraná. Methods: This is a retrospective observational study based on 170 medical records of newborns <32 weeks, born and staying at the study institution and without associated pathologies, hospitalized between 2017 and 2021. Data were collected between June and August 2022, after approval of the Ethics Committee, and, subsequently, a descriptive analysis was carried out, with simple and relative frequencies, […]

Abstract The role of nurses is based on scientific evidence and based on the systematization of nursing care, which allows the design of work in relation to methodology, human and instrumental resources. In neonatal units, systematization is applied as an essential action, as it encompasses physiological and quality factors, such as breastfeeding, and the role of nurses in this scenario is essential. The study aims to identify in the literature the nursing process related to breastfeeding in neonatal units through […]

Abstract The objective of this review is to analyze the production of mobile applications as a support tool for mothers/fathers in the breastfeeding process of premature newborns in the neonatal unit and to identify the mobile applications available on the Google Play Store related to breastfeeding of premature newborns in a neonatal unit. The integrative review was carried out in November 2021 in the databases: Virtual Health Library, PubMed Central Portal, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Cinahl and on the Sucupira platform […]

Abstract Objective To carry out the validation of the Instrument for Measuring the Perception of the Family on Access to Information in the Neonatal Unit. Methods Methodological study, carried out with 85 representatives of newborn families hospitalized for more than 72 hours in the neonatal unit. Data were analyzed by psychometrics and inferential analysis. Results The validation of the instrument content by experts obtained agreement above 80%, Cronbach’s alpha of 0.86 and in the factor analysis it generated eight factors, […]

Abstract Objective This work aims at understanding the maternal experiences during hospitalization of premature infants in the NICU (Neonatal Intense Care Unit). Methods This work was based on qualitative study, done from May to June 2014, with thirteen postpartum women and their premature infants hospitalized in Neonatal units of two public hospitals in Feira de Santana – Bahia. The data were collected through recorded interviews and submitted to analysis of content. Results The maternal experience was marked by intense suffering, […]

Abstract Objective: To understand the mothers’ experiences during the hospitalization of premature newborn in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a public hospital in Feira de Santana, Bahia. Method: qualitative and descriptive study that complied with the Resolution 196/96 of the National Health Council and was made through semi-structured interviews with eight mothers in the period from October 2009 to January 2010. Results: The data were analyzed using the content analysis and the results showed that the mother experiences grief, […]

Abstract Quantitative research, retrospective, documentary that aimed to describe the in hospital morbidity and mortality of newborns admitted at neonatal intensive care unit and identify the main causes of hospitalization and its association with birth weight and gestational age. Data were subjected to statistical analysis. Prematurity and respiratory distress were the main reasons for hospitalization and neonatal infections was major morbidity cause during hospitalization. Approximately, 57% of newborns were male, 66% preterm and 39% had low birth weight. The neonatal […]

Abstract The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) presents an environment with several potential sources of risk to the professionals. This way, we carried out a study aiming at identifying the musculo-skeletal risks to the health professionals that work in a NICU. This is a descriptive study. It was developed in a NICU from the Public Health System of a municipality from Sao Paulo State. The data was collected through a semi-structured guide of observations. After observation and data analysis of […]