Hoda Ahmed Mahmoud <br/><br/>
The effect of non-nutritive sucking on promoting physiologic stability and nutrition among preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units /  
 تأثير المص بدون تغذية على الثبات الفيسيولوجى و الغذائي للأطفال المبتسرين فى وحدات الرعاية المركزة للأطفال حديثى الولادة 
Hoda Ahmed Mahmoud ; Supervised Soheir A. Dabash , Iman A. Seoud , Shadia R. Elguindy 
 - Cairo :   Hoda Ahmed Mahmoud ,   2011 
 - 137 Leaves :   charts ;   30cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Pediatric Nursing 
<br/><br/> Sucking plays a key role in the life of the infant. Non-nutritive sucking (NNS) is considered a part of developmental care in preterm neonate. The NNS is a simple intervention that may assist the preterm infant in achieving physiologic homeostasis, which includes heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation. The use of prefeeding NNS is an intervention to improve feeding outcome and increase comfort for preterm infant with nasogastric tube feeding 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Non-nutritive sucking Physiologic homeostasis and nutrition Preterm infants