Open AccessOrganization and management of nursing services in NICU, levels of transport
Author(s) -
Onaisa Aalia Mushtaq,
Javaid Ahmad Mir,
Bushra Mushtaq
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
ip journal of paediatrics and nursing science/ip journal of paediatrics and nursing science (print)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-4031
pISSN - 2582-4023
DOI - 10.18231/j.ijpns.2021.031
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care , neonatal intensive care unit , critical care nursing , intensive care medicine , critically ill , nursing , nursing care , intensive care unit , psychological intervention , health care , pediatrics , economics , economic growth
Neonatal Intensive Care is defined as, “care for medically unstable and critically ill newborns requiring constant nursing, complicated surgical procedures, continual respiratory support, or other intensive interventions.” A NICU is a unit that provides high quality skilled care to critically ill neonates by offering facilities for continuous clinical, biochemical and radio logical monitoring and use of life support systems with the aim of improving survival of these babies. Intermediate care includes care of ill infants requiring less constant nursing care, but does not exclude respiratory support. Care of ill infants requiring less constant nursing care, but does not exclude respiratory support. When an intensive care nursery is available, the intermediate nursery serves as a “step down unit” from the intensive care area.