title: [Handling of preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit].
abstract: While hospitalized in neonatal units, preterm infants undergo various manipulations and procedures that have negative health consequences. The aim of this study was to describe the manipulations that preterm infants are subjected to over a 24-hour period in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). An observational, descriptive, exploratory study was conducted with 20 preterm infants who were filmed continuously in a NICU over a 24-hour period from September 2008 to March 2009. Preterm infants were subjected to an average of 768 manipulations and 1341 procedures. The average duration of the manipulations over the 24-hour period was 2 hours and 26 minutes. Each manipulation included an average of 2.2 procedures, most occurring during the morning shift. Individual manipulations accounted for 65.6% of all manipulations, and most manipulations lasted less than a minute. The results of this study show that preterm infants in the NICU underwent an excessive number of manipulations over the 24-hour period evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Cuidado Intensivo Neonatal, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil, Ribeirão PretoSP, Mestre. Enfermeira da Unidade de Cuidado Intensivo Neonatal , Hospital das Clínicas , Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto , Universidade de São Paulo , Ribeirão Preto , SP , Brasil .biolalpereira@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Fabíola Lima
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil, Ribeirão PretoSP, Enfermeira. Doutora. Professora Associada, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto , Universidade de São Paulo , Ribeirão Preto , SP , Brasil .fersngoes@eerp.usp.br.
authors.forename: Fernanda dos Santos
authors.initials: Fdos S
authors.lastname: Nogueira de Góes
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil, Ribeirão PretoSP, Enfermeira. Doutora. Professora Associada, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto , Universidade de São Paulo , Ribeirão Preto , SP , Brasil .lumonti@eerp.usp.br.
authors.forename: Luciana Mara Monti
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil, Ribeirão PretoSP, Enfermeira. Doutora. Professora Titular, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto , Universidade de São Paulo , Ribeirão Preto , SP , Brasil .cscochi@eerp.usp.br.
authors.forename: Carmen Gracinda Silvan
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Scochi
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brasil, GoiâniaGO, Enfermeira. Doutora. Professora Adjunta, Faculdade de Enfermagem , Universidade Federal de Goiás , Goiânia , GO , Brasil .thaccastral@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Thaíla Corrêa
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Castral
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil, Ribeirão PretoSP, Enfermeira. Doutora. Professora Associada, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto , Universidade de São Paulo , Ribeirão Preto , SP , Brasil .drileite@eerp.usp.br.
authors.forename: Adriana Moraes
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Leite
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000592:standards*