newborn bathing

[RLynn39]

I've heard many people talk about the benefits of prolonging the newborn bath and thought I would research the literature. I have tried and only found a few articles, mostly dating back to the 1990s. Does anyone know of any evidenced based literature on the subject of newborn bath timing?

THANK YOU!

Robbie

[Nice_earyen]

try to search in the world health organization about the current study on "Basic Emergency Obstetrical and Neonatal Care" BEMONC in short....

[neonatal_nurse]

There are lots of researches on this topic. Try Maternal and Child, and Neonatal journals. I've come across lots on this topic when I did my own research paper as a Staff Nurse. I would suggest to get another topic though, if you can still change yours. This theme is very much overused and kinda dated and cliche. Good Luck!

[babyktchr, BSN, RN]

AWHONN has a whole position on newborn skin care. You can buy it from their website.

[RLynn39]

Thank You for your responses.

I find it strange that "neonate nurse" says this is outdated and cliche, as I have searched PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane review to no avail. Where is ALL this research you talk about?

Thanks again!

[CEG]

It's evidently not too overdone, because hospitals in my area are still taking babies to the nursery at 1 hour old, bathing them, then leaving them to sit under the radiant warmer for a couple hours until their temp is back up. Evidence-based practice definitely hasn't seeped in here yet, so no worries.

I would check out the Baby Friendly Hospital information, there may be some good information there or at least some sources you can use.