Education, Organisation & Evaluation

We are calculating what is the NICU bed requirement for a region. Instead of an arbitrary number, we decided to actually derive this number through scientific calculations. So given a region with a population Y (Eg. Y= 1 million people) with a fertility rate of X live births per 1000, what would be the NICU bed requirement for that region? Of that how many would be NICU-Intensive care beds and how many NICU-Intermediate care beds? I know it seems very hypothetical, but this is an actual problem we are facing and we will submit this to the appropriate authorities to justify our needs. I feel that with a proper scientifically derived requirement, it will be easier…

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I will post here a post from the subreddit of neonatology. Awaiting your replies. Will cross-post answers from here to the reddit forum. Original Post in Reddit - LINK: http://www.reddit.com/r/neonatology/comments/yo9bd/hey_all_i_have_a_few_questions_about_being_a/

Here are policy and procedure for NICU of University of Connecticut. Useful for reference while developing local policies. http://nursing.uchc.edu/unit_manuals/nicu_nursery/index.html http://nursing.uchc.edu/unit_manuals/ccmc_nicu/index.html And not to forget the New Zealand resource: http://www.adhb.govt.nz/newborn/DrugProtocols/ http://www.adhb.govt.nz/newborn/NsgTools/NsgTools.htm http://www.adhb.govt.nz/newborn/Guidelines.htm Australia: http://www.rch.org.au/nets/handbook/index.cfm?tabnav=all

It sounds simple, but actually it turns out to be very complicated and controversial. The question is are we improving our NICU ? Has our NICU performance remained the same for the past few years? What about the performance of our NICU staff members (Medical and Nursing ) ? Are they improving themselves? That was the easy part. Now the difficult part. We can only improve a thing which can be measured. So to improve our NICU, we have to monitor some parameters of our NICU and then trend it and then find what we want to improve in that measure and then plan an intervention and then implement that intervention and then monitor the performance after the implemen…

Webinars on Essential Newborn Care based on current best available evidence based practices available at http://www.newbornwhocc.org/webinar-essential_newborn.htm A really fantastic work!

Another great learning you can have from AIIMS on sicknewborns as webinars THe link :http://www.newbornwhocc.org/Webinars_on_Sick_Newborn_Care.htm

Dear Colleagues, I want to know what type of system do you have in place to report errors, adverse events, near misses in the NICU. How do you ensure confidentiality of these reports so that more people come forward with reports? I am not referring to parents' complaints but to self-reporting by health care givers.

Hi, I will be taking the certifying exam for neonatal-perinatal medicine next March. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend any review course due my current practice location. I would like to get you opinion in materials, books, online reference to study for the board? I would be great if I cold access somebody subscription to the last neo-Conference for neonatology (from pediatrix), or the questions (I am willing to pay for it). Thanks

Pl guide.