Abstract
D.Cur.
The purpose of this study was to formulate clinical guidelines for critical nursing actions
in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Currently each NICU has their own set of
policies and standards for various procedures relevant to NICUs. There is thus no
standardisation of nursing methods between the increasing numbers of NICUs. Uniform
standards are of significant importance with regards to the nurses working in the units on
a freelance basis through nursing agencies. The nurses often work in more than one unit
and are thus subjected to various methods of performing one task ...