Some neonatal care skills

in neonatal •  6 years ago 

Because the baby's body is very immature, it is vulnerable to improper care. Especially when the child is sick, the feeling of discomfort grows, the more frustrated the child is. If you do not know how to take medicine or medicine will not enter the body or will cause unfortunate accident. Each drug should have proper use. For example, with nasal drops, before each drug must be cleaned each nostril with physiological saline. When the drug in the baby's nose, should not squeeze the pot of medicine because of the spray of medicated water will make her uncomfortable. After little, keep your head straight for a moment, not moving. With eye medication, a small amount of sterile saline solution should be wiped from the inside of the eye to remove and remove the secretions of the eye. After that, the mother with thumb and index finger ball light eyelid and small drugs in the middle of the child, not too high because it will startle her, nor small eyes to tears will cause tears. When drops fall, flickering eyelids to help spread the drug inside. With the drug into the anus, when using the need to hold the baby's legs firmly, raised close to the abdomen so that he does not up his butt, insert the tube and inject, squeeze close to the buttocks, hold for a few seconds. With medication, the mother sat upright on her knees, the spoon also straight with her tongue so she did not swallow the deviation.

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