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
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
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 and Transpyloric)
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 self ventilating neonate outside of newborn care centre
Transfer of ventilated neonate outside of newborn care centre