PURPOSE: We aimed to examine the effect of rooming-in care on newborn infants emotional stability by comparing them with those cared for in a nursery. METHODS: Forty-eight full-term newborn infants born at Cheil General Hospital between July 1 and October 31 , 2007 , were enrolled. Twenty-four newborn infants were roomed-in in their mothers rooms (rooming-in group), and 24 newborns were cared for in the hospital nursery (the nursery group) for the first 3 days of their lives. Those with perinatal problems that required medical treatment were excluded. By using Brazeltons neonatal behavior assessment scale, we measured irritability and self-quieting as well as the duration of crying after heel-stick puncture for the newborn metabolic screening test. RESULTS: The rooming-in group had a higher irritability score than the nursery group (6.8+/-1.7 vs. 4.2+/-2.1 , P<0.001), thereby suggesting stable behavior against external irritation; the former also had a higher self-quieting activity score (5.9+/-0.3 vs. 4.5+/-1.8, P=0.001), thereby suggesting that stability was reached quickly from the irritated state. Time taken to stop crying after the heel-stick puncture was significantly shorter in the rooming-in group than in the nursery group (17+/-15.1 seconds vs. 115.3+/-98.5 seconds, P<0.001). CONCLUSION: These results show that newborn infants in the rooming-in group exhibit more stable behavior against external irritation and can be stabilized from an irritated state more quickly than infants cared for in the nursery, even after a few days of rooming-in care.
Crying ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Mass Screening ; Mothers ; Nurseries ; Nurseries, Hospital ; Punctures ; Rooming-in Care

BACKGROUND: The introduction of rotavirus vaccines has decreased the prevalence of rotavirus infections and might have changed the distribution of rotavirus genotypes. However, neonates are not eligible for vaccination and, therefore, are at risk for rotavirus infection while in the hospital nursery or neonatal intensive care unit. Our aim was to evaluate the shift of genotypes of group A rotavirus strains among neonates cared for in two geographically distant hospitals in Korea. METHODS: Analysis of rotavirus P and G genotypes was performed for 63 neonates (27 neonates in Seoul and 36 neonates in Busan) admitted to two hospitals between 2011 and 2013. RESULTS: Among the 63 tested neonates less than one month of age, 61 (96.8%) were infected with genotype G4P[6]. CONCLUSION: This study identified G4P[6] as the most frequently isolated genotypes among neonates in Korea; therefore, prevention of the G4P[6] genotype should be considered for neonates.
Genotype* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Intensive Care, Neonatal ; Korea ; Nurseries ; Nurseries, Hospital ; Prevalence* ; Rotavirus Infections ; Rotavirus Vaccines ; Rotavirus* ; Seoul ; Vaccination

The purpose of this paper is to introduce standardization activities of nursing documentation for special nursing units following standardization efforts for general nursing units last year. Modified Delphi approach with expert panel was used to identify essential nursing documents and data set for each units. Expert panel was consisted of head nurses or charge nurses of each special nursing unit from 8 tertiary hospitals with more than 500 beds in Seoul. the secretary-general of Clinical Nurses Association and a faculty of College of Nursing. The exiting nursing forms of seven special nursing units, which include Emergency room, Intensive care unit, Operating room, Respiratory intensive care unit. Delivery floor. Nursery and Dialysis room, were analyzed and prototypes of the standard nursing forms and guidelines were developed. The clinical field test was done with the help of Clinical Nurses Association. At the field test 3.744 clinical staff nurses from 20 tertiary hospitals with more than 500 beds in Korea were involved and provided feedback. Finally public hearing was held and more than 600 nurses from 116 hospitals attended and provided feedback. Through these process consensus of nursing community was attained for standard documents and data items. The result is available at http://nursing.snu.ac.kr/standard/ through internet.
Consensus ; Dataset ; Dialysis ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Hearing ; Intensive Care Units ; Internet ; Korea ; Nurseries ; Nursing* ; Nursing, Supervisory ; Operating Rooms ; Seoul ; Tertiary Care Centers

BACKGROUND: We investigated the causative agents of hemorrhagic diarrhea which occurred in newborn babies in a hospital nursery in July, 2002. Rotavirus was not confirmed as the cause because only a few patients were positive for rotavirus test while most others with hemorrhagic diarrhea were negative. Therefore, patients with bloody stool were tested for Salmonella, Shigella, rotavirus, adenovirus, enterovirus, astrovirus, and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). METHODS: Bloody stools from 12 newborns with hemorrhagic diarrhea were tested. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of shiga-toxin gene was performed for EHEC. Rotavirus and adenovirus were tested with latex agglutination kit (Orion Diagnostica). Reverse transcription (RT)-PCR was performed for enterovirus. To detect astrovirus, RNA was extracted with Viral RNA Mini Kit (QIAGEN), reverse-transcribed with random hexamer, and PCR-amplified with specific primers. RESULTS: Of the 12 patients tested, seven (58%) were positive for astrovirus RT-PCR while all were negative for Salmonella, Shigella, EHEC, rotavirus, adenovirus, and enterovirus. CONCLUSIONS: Although diarrhea caused by astrovirus is known to be milder than that caused by rotavirus, our cases showed that astrovirus could cause serious bloody diarrhea in newborn babies.
Adenoviridae ; Agglutination ; Cross Infection ; Diarrhea* ; Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli ; Enterovirus ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Latex ; Nurseries, Hospital ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Reverse Transcription ; RNA ; RNA, Viral ; Rotavirus ; Salmonella ; Shigella

PURPOSE: We aimed to analyze the maternal and perinatal factors associated with perinatal outcomes by examining families comprised of Korean fathers, Asian immigrant mothers, and their newborns. METHODS: Medical records of newborn infants admitted to Jeonju Jesus Hospital nursery or ne-onatal intensive care unit (NICU) from January 2004 to June 2013 and their Asian immigrant mothers were reviewed retrospectively. The newborns were divided into two groups depending on whether they were admitted NICU or not, and factors influencing on perinatal outcomes were compared between the two groups. The newborn were divided into the two groups, including those who did not receive inpatient care and those treated in the NICU. The differences between the two groups were analyzed. RESULTS: The study included 180 newborns and 172 mothers, and 94 (52.3%) and 86 (47.7%) newborns were classified as the nursery group and the NICU group, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in terms of the mothers' nationality, maternal age, maternal education level, maternal occupation, residential area, maternal height and weight, maternal weight gain during pregnancy, maternal hepatitis B antigen positivity, maternal parity, paternal age, and age gap between spouses. However, underweight maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and hemoglobin level over 11.0 g/dL were significantly more frequent in the NICU group in the comparative analysis. The NICU group showed significantly more frequent no iron supplements during pregnancy (OR=4.06) and gestational disease (OR=3.81). CONCLUSION: In cases where married immigrant mothers had underweight prepregnancy BMI, gestational disease, or no iron supplements during pregnancy, their newborns were more likely to have NICU care. Therefore, married immigrant women should have appropriate perinatal care including education about a balanced diet to maintain an appropriate body weight with ensuring an adequate iron supplements intake.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group* ; Body Mass Index ; Body Weight ; Diet ; Education ; Emigrants and Immigrants* ; Ethnic Groups ; Fathers ; Female ; Hepatitis B ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Inpatients ; Intensive Care Units ; Iron ; Marriage* ; Maternal Age ; Medical Records ; Mothers ; Nurseries ; Nurseries, Hospital ; Occupations ; Parity ; Paternal Age ; Perinatal Care ; Pregnancy ; Retrospective Studies ; Spouses ; Thinness ; Weight Gain

To assess the adequacy of medical manpower and medical fee for the newborn nursery care, the author visited 20 out of 24 hospitals with the pediatric training program in Youngnam area between July 29 and August 14, 1991. Total number of newborn, both normal and sick, admission and discharge in 1--30 June 1991 was obtained from the logbook of nursery. Head nurse and staff pediatrician of the nursery were interviewed to get the current staffing for the nursery and their subjective opinion on the adequacy of nursery manpower and the difficulties in recruiting manpower. Average medical fee charged for the maternity and normal newborn nursery care was obtained from the division of self-audit of medical insurance claim of each hospital. Average minimum requirement of nursing care time for one normal newborn per day was 179.5 (+/-58.6) minutes; 2023(+/-50.7) minutes for the university hospitals and 164.2(+/-60.5) minutes for the general hospitals. The ratio of minimum requirement of nursing care time and available nursing time was 1.42 on the average. Taking the additional requirement of nursing care for the sick newborns into consideration, the ratio was 2.06. The numbers of R. N. and A. N. in the nurserys of study hospitals were 31%, and 17%, respectively, of the nursing manpower for the nursery recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. These findings indicate that the nursing manpower in newborn nursery is in severe shortage. Ninety percent of the head nurses and 85% of the staff pediatrician stated that the newborn nursery is short of R.N. and 75% of them said that the nurse's aide is also short. Major reason for not recruiting R.N. was the financial constraint of hospital. For the recruitment of nurse's aide, short supply was the second most important reason next to the financial constraint. However, limit of quarter in T.O. was the major reason for the national university hospitals. Average total medical fee for the maternity and newborn nursery cares of a normal vaginal delivery who stayed two nights and three days at hospital was 219,430Won. Out of the total medical fee, 20,323Won(9.3%) was for the newborn nursery care. In case of C-section delivery six nights and seven days, who stayed otal medical fee was 732,578Won and out of the total fee 76,937Won (12.0%) was for the newborn care. Cost for a newborn care per day by cost accounting was 16,141Won for the tertiary care hospitals and 14,576Won for the all other hopitals. The ratio of cost and the fee schedule of the medical insurance for a newborn care per day was 5.0 for the tertiary care hospitals and 4.9 for the all other hospitals. Considering the current wage level of the medical personnel, capital investment for the hospital facilities and equipments, and the cost for hospital maintenance, it is hard to expect adequate quality care in the newborn nursery under the current medical insurance fee schedule.
Education ; Fee Schedules ; Fees and Charges ; Fees, Medical* ; Hospitals, General ; Hospitals, University ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Insurance ; Investments ; Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital ; Nurseries* ; Nursing ; Nursing Care ; Nursing, Supervisory ; Pediatrics ; Salaries and Fringe Benefits ; Tertiary Healthcare