Through the looking glass--or, look before you leap

Nurses are now so active in newborn intensive care units that exchange transfusions, lumbar punctures, vascular catheterizations, placement of chest tubes, and many other complex and complicated but time-consuming procedures need no longer burden the busy physician. According to the neonatologists i...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1982-12, Vol.70 (6), p.1001-1003
Main Author: Cassady, G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Humans
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Nurse Practitioners - economics
Nurse Practitioners - education
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Summary:Nurses are now so active in newborn intensive care units that exchange transfusions, lumbar punctures, vascular catheterizations, placement of chest tubes, and many other complex and complicated but time-consuming procedures need no longer burden the busy physician. According to the neonatologists in charge, specially educated nurses are independently performing these and many other tasks in most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Assuming that similar practices exist in those units not assessed and that nurses are in fact doing what the neonatologists say they are, these amazing observations deserve careful study and deep thought by all who care for newborn infants.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.70.6.1001