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J B Friedrichs

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PubMed1995

It all comes down to degrees. The QI process between two units.

Cold stress is potentially life-threatening to a 600-g neonate. The risk of cold stress is increased during the admission process, when a neonate is transferred from a labor and delivery suite to a patient care unit. At one perinatal center, staff nurses devised a quality improvement plan to assess and reduce the risk of cold stress to patients admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.

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PubMed1995

Where does it hurt? An interdisciplinary approach to improving the quality of pain assessment and management in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Identifying a premature infant's response to noxious stimuli and knowing when it is appropriate to intervene are major issues for the caregiver. After completing a pilot study, the staff of a 42-bed neonatal intensive care unit targeted improved pain assessment and management for further analysis. Using a series of Plan, Do, Check, and Act cycles they designed a stepwise set of interventions that resulted in the improved assessment and management of the neonate in pain.

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