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neckinspect and palpate the neck for any mass check if neck is short and webbed which is indicative of turners syndrome palpate posteriorly along
determine the purpose of the study there must be a sound rationale or justification for every research project if the
steps of research processidentify the problem the first task in the planning stage is to identify and stage the
eyescheck for conjuctivitis epicanthal folds and observe the inner canthus of both eyes look for squint nystagmus trauma lacrimal duct
delimitation and limitationthere may be many aspects of the problem that need to be explored but it is difficult to
hypothesisthe spelling of hypothesis when written as hypotheses indicate plural the hypothesis is a statement or declaration of
head -check for size shape or fontanelles caput or any other abnormalityfontanel - anterior fontanel is diamond shaped having size of 25 - 45
basic research termssome of the basic terms that are defined in this section are assumptions operational definitions variables
weight measurement of new borncheck weight on an infant weighing machine weight of the neonate is 28-35 kg with an average weight of 25 kgwhen
stages of research processplanning stage the planning stage of research process includes a series of interdependent
neurological assessmentthe neurological assessment is made up of eight neurological criteria which have high significance with gestational age fig 32
research to improve health care deliverytoday much of health care delivery system remains imitative and intuitive rather
assessment of new bornthe main purposes arei to identify normal characteristics in the neonateii to identify existing abnormalities ii anyiii to
infusion pumpas youhave learnt earlier the amount of fluid to be administered to neonate is based on the neonates weight and physiological status
phototherapy unitprinciple photoisomerisation and photo-oxidation changes indirect bilirubin into water soluble substanceoperational
radiant warmera radiant warmer is a device used to maintain the body temperature of the newborn and thus play an essential role in influencing
importance of research in nursingit is the responsibility of the nursing profession to discover verify structure and restructure the
weaning the infant from the incubatorwhen heater output reading is minimal or nil it suggest that infant is capable of generating enough metabolic
incubatorthe incubators are essential to provide an ideal micro environment the main functions are isolation maintenance of thermo neutral ambient
definitionwe will first define the term research before explaining the term nursing research research is a scientific process it is
personnelit is important that while allocating nursing medical and paramedical staffs the needs of the neonatal unit should not be ignored the
physical layoutin this section we shall focus on location floor plan ventilation lighting environmental temperature and humidity acoustic
evaluationthis is the last step in nursing process throughout care you constantly evaluate the progress the client has made towards reaching the
implementationthe planned goals and strategies are translated into nursing intervention by means of the nursing care plan it is essential that
tertiary preventionin tertiary prevention emphasis is placed on reducing disability resulting from illness tertiary prevention often means long