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Abstract
Respiratory illness in a newborn is always potentially serious because
of the importance of respiratory function (Pillitteri, 1987). In the newborn
respiration differs from the adult in being more rapid more shallow and
more irregular. This is due to lower pulmonary compliance and
proportionately increased work of breathing (Halliday et al.,1989).
Respiratory difficulties are responsible for most of the morbidity and
mortality in neonatal period (0ehler,1981).
Respiratory distress during infancy is unique in medicine. At no
other age is minimal respiratory reserve and the possibility of rapid death
or permanent disability so great (Merritt,1984). Early recognition and
subsequent assessment of the neonates respiratory status may sustain
their life (0ehler,1981). So, if the respiratory distress is assessed and
treated correctly whether in the delivery room or the nursery, recovery is
usually the outcome. When respiratory problems are handled
inappropriately or too late,life-long neurologic and lung damage may
result (Merritt,l984).
No one can better make the first discovery of serious respiratory
dysfunction than the nurse (Korones and Lancaster, 1986). Nurses play
an important role in this process by detecting significant changes, giving
appropriate supportive nursing care and by assisting with transferring
the neonate to the intensive care unit when it is necessary. In order to
function efficiently and effectively in the neonatal intensive care unit the nurse must be familiar with the anatomy and physiology of the neonatal
lung, the etiology of respiratory difficulties,diagnosis, general
management and related nursing care (Oehler, 1981).