Simulation to Support Standardization of Delivery Room Management of the Very Low Birth-Weight Infant.

Background: The birth of a very low birth-weight (VLBW) infant occurs infrequently, especially in the community hospital setting. It is critical that the team managing care of the infant in its first minutes of life follow evidence-based resuscitation guidelines and practices to optimize outcomes for this population.

Purpose: To implement a simulation program in a community hospital setting that supports standardized evidence-based delivery room practices of the premature infant born less than 30 weeks' gestation.

Nurses' perception of milk temperature at delivery compared to actual practice in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to examine nurses' perception of feeding temperature practices and to compare the nurses' temperature estimation with the measured temperature of milk at the time of delivery to the infant.

Design: A descriptive exploratory study was conducted in 3 level III neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

Subjects: A convenience sample of nurses from 3 level III NICUs in the Midwest.