Application of the Best Evidence of Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care Assessment Program (NIDCAP) in Very Low Birth Weight Infant (VLBWI)

Clinical Application of the Best Evidence of NIDCAP in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

In order to help THE GROWTH and development of VLBWI in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and reduce the interference of external environment to them, we summarized the best evidence of NIDCAP care, and applied the evidence to the intervention group, and observed the compliance of nurses in the intervention group to the application of evidence, and the short-term outcomes of VLBWI.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Birth weight <1500g;
• admit within 24 hours of birth;
• The guardian signs the informed consent;
• OI (oxygenation index >300)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Newborn with severe congenital malformations or various chromosomal diseases, genetic metabolic diseases, severe neurological diseases;
• Newborn who did not achieved discharge or death at the end of the study period