Far Eastern University

Institute of Graduate Studies

MAN 209 C (CLINICAL RESIDENCY)
ADVANCED MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING

NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) Diary

DATE TIME ACTIVITY OBJECTIVE REACTION

September 9 Arrive at the In NICU is born baby or Understand the importance

6:00-7:00am department at 6am baby is healthy body has of aseptic environment and

on time, first greet a problem, low weight, aseptic conditions in the

the teachers in the low resistance, we neonatal intensive care unit

department, then change clothes wear a and fully understand the

change the sterile face mask, is to prevent situation of each newborn in

operating suit, wear we bring outside of the neonatal intensive care

the mask and cap, bacteria to the baby, we unit at the beginning of each

wear the school listen to the teacher, day

badge, put the succession is for us to

valuables into the understand in our does

pocket, and listen to not occur in the divisions

the teacher and the of the newb.

doctor's shift.

7:00-7:30am After greeting the Every day we have to Understand why is the

head nurse, sign in carry out task check-in, objective and affection of

on the student which will make us more attendance form.

attendance form responsible and

convenient for the head

nurse to check our

 attendance

7:30-9:00am The head nurse The neonatal care unit is Understanding how to deal

asked us to go to connected to the delivery with newborn’s special

the delivery room to room for emergency condition. Studying how to

observe the process treatment if there are any learn to cooperate with doctor

of giving birth to the conditions for the

baby. We observed newborn. This design is

the process of reasonable.

giving birth to the

baby, followed by

anesthesia, and

then pushed the

baby into the

delivery room. We

took midwives,

doctors and nurses

to cooperate with

each other

9:00-10:30am The teacher taught Learning how to evaluate Understanding to study how

us how to evaluate newborns will help us to assessment newborn and

whether the evaluate newborns later systematically record

newborn has in our nursing work, will newborn’s information.

congenital help increase our

malformations, how experience in observing

to inject the newborns, we learned

newborn with systematically how to

vitamins, how to receive newborns, we

touch the newborn's learned

 eye ointment, how programmatically how to

to evaluate the record newborn

newborn's body information

temperature,

weight, heart rate,

respiration and

other basic vital

signs

10:30-11:00am Eat Lunch

11:00-12:00am Review the previous The review of the Understanding to review the

study of the emergency is to increase emergency drugs, learn to

knowledge of the our familiarity with the how to deal with emergency

cure, observe the emergency, which is a situation with newborn.

doctor injection of very important

vaccine for the knowledge, it is in the

newborn, take care emergency, test our

of the newborn, proficiency, test our

meet the situation of reaction ability

newborn crying, see

whether the

newborn has

physiological

needs, pay attention

to hand hygiene.

12:00am The two students finish nursing work and go home. Other three students of the

same group arrive at the hospital and prepare to start working.

12:00-14:00pm Arrive at the In NICU is born baby or Understand the importance

department at 6am baby is healthy body has of aseptic environment and

 on time, first greet a problem, low weight, aseptic conditions in the

the teachers in the low resistance, we neonatal intensive care unit

department, then change clothes wear a and fully understand the

change the sterile face mask, is to prevent situation of each newborn in

operating suit, wear we bring outside of the neonatal intensive care

the mask and cap, bacteria to the baby, we unit at the beginning of each

wear the school listen to the teacher, day

badge, put the succession is for us to

valuables into the understand in our does

pocket. not occur in the divisions

of the newb.

14:00-15:00pm Review the previous The review of the Understanding to review the

study of the emergency is to increase emergency drugs, learn to

knowledge of the our familiarity with the how to deal with emergency

cure, observe the emergency, which is a situation with newborn.

doctor injection of very important

vaccine for the knowledge, it is in the

newborn, take care emergency, test our

of the newborn, proficiency, test our

meet the situation of reaction ability

newborn crying, see

whether the

newborn has

physiological

needs, pay attention

to hand hygiene.

15:00-16:30pm The head nurse The neonatal care unit is Understanding how to deal

asked us to go to connected to the delivery with newborn’s special

 the delivery room to room for emergency condition. Studying how to

observe the process treatment if there are any learn to cooperate with doctor

of giving birth to the conditions for the

baby. We observed newborn. This design is

the process of reasonable.

giving birth to the

baby, followed by

anesthesia, and

then pushed the

baby into the

delivery room. We

took midwives,

doctors and nurses

to cooperate with

each other

16:30-17:30pm The teacher taught Learning how to evaluate Understanding to study how

us how to evaluate newborns will help us to assessment newborn and

whether the evaluate newborns later systematically record

newborn has in our nursing work, will newborn’s information.

congenital help increase our

malformations, how experience in observing

to inject the newborns, we learned

newborn with systematically how to

vitamins, how to receive newborns, we

touch the newborn's learned

eye ointment, how programmatically how to

to evaluate the record newborn

newborn's body information

temperature,
 weight, heart rate,

respiration and

other basic vital

signs

17:30-18:00pm Change white nursing uniforms and be ready to go home.