ABSTRACT
Infants admitted into a neonatal intensive care unit will undoubtedly undergo a barrage of interventions in order to diagnose, stabilise and provide ongoing management of specific problems. This chapter incorporates many of the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that may be undertaken within the NICU situation. Included are interventions that were previously described as ‘medical’ procedures, as many nurses now undertake these practices as part of advanced nursing roles (see p. 5). Each unit should have specific protocols for practice, but the content of this chapter may provide for development of protocols for procedures if they are not already in existence.
