Unit name
Admission Nursery (Newborn Transitional Care) Level 1 – Neonatal Care
Patient population
Neonates – Low Risk
Mixed gender
Hours of operation
24 hours/ 7 days per week
Number of beds
35
Occupancy Rate
100%
Staff categories
Registered Nurse
Unit Assistant
Patient Care Technician
Primary patient diagnoses
35 weeks to neonates for observation; Grunting newborns not requiring oxygen for 12 hours observation; Newborns awaiting blood culture result; Newborns requiring 48h observations for antibiotics to rule out sepsis, family history of neonatal death for observation and investigation; Newborns with hypoglycemia episodes (not less than 1.8); newborns requiring single and double phototherapy; Small for gestation age, IUGR, not less that 2kg and haemodynamically stable; Post natal management of antenatal-diagnosed hydronephrosis; Newborns requiring IV access for fluid therapy or antibiotics; Post natal evaluation of Perinatal finding; Gavage feedings.
Procedures
Routine and Emergency Patient Care
Physical Assessment of a Newborn
Airway Management & Oxygen Administration (Nasal Cannula)
Phototherapy
Non-invasive cardiac, respiratory, BP & oxygen saturation monitoring, Immunization program
Thermoregulation
Circumcision Program
Newborn
Blood sampling (Capillary, Venous)
Nutrition
Family teaching and support
Off-unit procedures (MRI, CT scan-Echocardiography, Ultrasound, MCUG
Promotion of Breastfeeding programme
Falls Prevention Programme
Wound, Skin Care, Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Pain Management
Quadramed Electronic Medical Records
Family Education
Nursing care Delivery system
Total Patient Care in a Partnership Model