title: Neonatal care in northeast Zaire.
abstract: Neonatal care in rural northeast Zaire presents many challenges to nursing. The high infant mortality is a result of rampant infectious diseases, limited resources, and poor public education. Midwives use innovative nursing interventions to meet the basic needs of the neonate: warmth, respiration, nutrition, and prevention of infection. Interesting cultural beliefs also influence neonatal care in this area of Africa.
authors.affiliation: Labor and Delivery Unit, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nyirjesy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nyirjesy
mesh_terms: D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D009359:Neonatology / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D008921:Religious Missions / Q000458:organization & administration*