M.Cur. (Intensive General Nursing) / The purpose of this study is to identify nursing guide-lines for the nursing of babies that received exogenous surfactant. In view of the fact that the exogenous surfactant therapy is still a very new therapeutic approach for the treatment of hyaline membrane disease there is still a lot to learn about the complications of the treatment. The professional nurse monitors the baby after medication was given, and it is therefore necessary to set out nursing guidelines to guide her in her treatment of the baby. Ten case-studies were done on 10 babies that have already been submitted to the therapy. They were selected from Provincial hospitals in the Johannesburg region. Recurrent events/incidents were identified and used as data from which nursing guide-lines were compiled. A literature study was done to consult other authors' findings on this topic. Recommendations were made at the end of the study concerning applications to practise, education and further research needed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:11203 |
| Date | 26 May 2014 |
| Creators | Van Heerden, Hendrina |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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