Neonatal Nursing Guidelines
Antineoplastic Medications - Administration in Newborn Care Centre
Arterial Line - Blood Sampling
Arterial Line - Peripheral and umbilical Intra-arterial line set up
Blood Culture – Blood Culture Collection
Blood product transfusion - Neonate
Breastfeeding - First Expression - Refer to LOPs Lactation/Infant Feeding topic
Chest Drain - set up
Co-Bedding in the Newborn Care Centre
Cooling Therapy - Arctic Sun Set Up
Deteriorating Neonate - Recognition and management inside Newborn Care Centre
Deteriorating Neonate - Recognition and management outside of Newborn Care Centre
ECG - Performing a 12 lead ECG
Endotracheal tube taping and securement using Neobar
Enteral Feed Warming - Calesca
Expressed breast milk - storage for mothers on Macquarie ward
Eye – Administration of eye drops to a neonate
Eye – Preparing the neonate for eye examination
Eye - Nasolacrimal duct obstruction eye care
Gastrostomy and gastrostomy device management
Getinge Servo-N ventilator set-up- Refer to Maquet
Humidification - Drager Isolette
Humidification - Drager BabyLeo TN500
Humidification GE Giraffe Omnibed
Humidified and heated gas for preterm infants at birth
Insuflon catheter device-insertion and removal
Intra-abdominal Pressure Monitoring in Neonates
Intragastric Tube Insertion and Maintenance
Immuno-Supportive Oral Care (ISOC)
Kangaroo Care for ventilated and non-ventilated neonates
Maquet (Getinge) Servo-N ventilator set up
Mobile phones and other communications devices - cleaning
MRI - MedVac Immobiliser
Nasopharyngeal aspirate - collection
NAVA Nursing Management for Invasive Mode
NAVA Nursing Management for Non-Invasive Mode
Neobar - Refer to Endotracheal tube taping and securement using Neobar
Neonatal abstinence syndrome - management - Refer to LOPs Neonatal Topic
Neonatal Observations Guideline outside newborn care centre- Refer to LOPs Neonatal Topic
N-PASS-Neonatal Pain and Sedation Score
Pasteurised Donor Human Milk - Newborn Care Centre
Peripheral Intravenous Cannula Insertion and Dressing
PICC Line - Insertion and management
PICC Line – Insertion of percutaneous intravenous central catheter (video)
Replogle Tube - Setup and Insertion of Replogle Tube
Silastic Tubes (Gastric Insertion)
Sterile aseptic procedures - scrubbing and closed gloving
Suction - Closed Tracheal Suction from an Endotrachael Tube
Surfactant – Administering surfactant via ETT
Total Parenteral Nutrition - Infusion Line Change
Transcutaneous CO2 monitoring - Sentec Device
Transfer of Infant from Incubator to Cot
Transfer of neonate on Non-Invasive respiratory support outside of newborn care centre
Transfer of self ventilating neonate outside of newborn care centre
Transfer of ventilated neonate outside of newborn care centre
Transfusion of blood products - Refer to Blood Product transfusion - neonate