Non Nutritive Sucking of Breast on Physiological Stability and Nutritional Status among Preterm Babies on RT Feeding

Abstract

In the neonates,sucking behavior is one of the first coordinated muscular activities. Girls have more sucking than boys. The sucking and swallowing are coordinated together, through which over all development occurs in preterm babies. Once the preterm babies will take the non nutritive sucking with breast it would improve the physiological and nutritional health along with a good bond between the mother and baby. Objectives: 1.To assesses the physiological stability and nutritional status among preterm babies in control group and experimental group.2.To assess the physiological stability and nutritional status among preterm babies between the control and experimental group. Material & Method: An experimental case control design was used for the study. Study was conducted in selected NICUs. 40 preterm infants between 30-36 weeks weighing 1-2.4 on RT feeding were selected with non probability purposive sampling technique. Preterm babies who are on ventilator,hemodynamically unstable,with cleft lip and palate were excluded Samples were divided in to experimental&control group.NNS of breast was given to experimental group. Both groups were assessed by using observation check list which includes physiological parameters that is HR, RR, SPO2and temperature, nutritional parameters that are hemoglobin, weight and amount of feed and parameters like transition of feed from RT to wati spoon feeding, length of hospital stay and day on full feed. RT feeding was given immediately after the procedure. Result & Conclusion The study result prove that the use of non nutritive sucking of the breast among preterm babies on RT feeding improve the physiological stability and nutritional status along with early transition to wati spoon feeding, decreased length of the hospital stay and earlier intake of full feed.