Evidence Table
Complete evidence table document available at http://www.wch.org.au/nursing/governance
Reference (include title,
author, journal title, year of
publication, volume and
issue, pages)
Clinical Practice Guidelines
: Neonates
Evidence
level
(I-VII)
Key findings, outcomes or recommendations
VII
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Paediatric Pharmacopoeia :
Neonatal Intravenous Fluid
Requirements
Clinical Guidelines
(Nursing) : Neonatal
Hypoglycaemia
VII
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VII
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Clinical Guidelines
(Nursing) : Neonatal
Extravasation
Clinical Guidelines
(Nursing) : Neonatal &
Infant Skin Care
Clinical Guidelines
(Nursing) : Neonatal sleep
maximisation in the
hospital environment
Breastfeeding Clinical
Practice Guidelines
Clinical Guidelines
(Nursing) : Safe Sleeping
VII
Clinical Guidelines
(Nursing) : Minimal
Handling
VII
Kids Health Info : Script
Wrapping
VII
Policy and Procedures :
Isolette Use in Paediatric
Wards
VII
Clinical Practice Guideline:
Suprapubic Aspirate
VII
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Comprehensive Neonatal
Nursing. A Physiologic
Perspective. Carole Kenner,
Judy Wright Lott, Ann
Applewhite Flandermeyer.
WB Saunders Company. 2nd
Edition, 1998.
VII
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VII
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VII
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VII
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VII
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RCH guideline
Recognition & management of serious
illness
RCH guideline
Appropriate IV fluid composition
RCH guideline
Within the neonatal period a blood glucose
˂2.6mmol/L
Management of Hypoglycaemia
RCH guideline
Treatment and management of
Intravenous Extravasation
RCH guideline
Assessment and management of neonatal
skin conditions
RCH guideline
Management of sleep maximisation in the
hospitalised infant
Royal Women’s’ Hospital Guideline
Parent information downloads
RCH guideline
Parent and discharge education
SIDS education
RCH guideline
Parent education
Clustering of cares as much as possible
Importance in respiratory conditions
RCH parent information, orthopaedic fact
sheet
Discharge education
RCH Policy
Assessment for and management of
neonates requiring an isolette outside of
the Butterfly unit
RCH guideline
Gold standard for obtaining urine
specimens for culture.
Guide on neonatal feeding volumes for age
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Lead Author(s)
Position
Department/Specialty
Rebecca McGrath
Clinical Support Nurse
SugarGlider Medical Care Unit
Additional Authors
Position
Department/Specialty
Danielle Smith
Catherine Lobb
Philippa Vander linden
Unit Manager
Associate Unit Manager
Clinical Nurse Specialist
SugarGlider Medical Care Unit
SugarGlider Medical Care Unit
SugarGlider Medical Care Unit
Document Owner
Position
Department/Specialty
Approved by
Clinical Effectiveness
Committee
Authorised by
Bernadette Twomey
Position
n/a
Department/Specialty
n/a
Position
Executive Director
Nursing Services
First Introduced
Date Approved
Document Version
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