Friday, January 23, 2015

Research On Quality Sleep

Sharing a positive example of research from the Z flo for infants positioner/ I worked in the  NICU for nine years with the smallest citizens, you can imagine.




A protocol was written about the quality of rest an infant needed to grow. So the research question was "Will Z-flos help an infant sleep long?"  Deep sleep is how an infant heals. The environment plays a part ( lights, sound and touch) but actual quality of the environment takes the place of the womb in the outside world. So the research went on for a couple of months, The infant would be place on the z-flo at 9:pm and  the nurse would document the times the infant would wake up (not including the assessment times) while he or she was on the z-flo.  Again the next night at the same time without the mattress, documentation was collected. From there,  another part of the day was added,  this would happen in the morning and a night.  Ultimately data shared our hypothesis, the infant slept better on the z-flo.  Parents were relieve that their child was getting satisfactory sleep in the world of  NICU.

2 comments:

  1. Valerie
    This is some interesting research one that I have never heard of not even from my sister who has thirty years of Pediatric nursing. I am guessing this is something that replaces the mattress for premature babies to sleep on top of which improves their sleep. This is awesome information; wonderful photo! ck

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  2. I think this information is very educational. I really enjoyed reading this information. This is some interesting information. I had no idea about this research. Great information.

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