Contemporary Nursing

Objective To explore the application effect of using heating and humidifying warm boxes in neonatal care. Methods 62 newborns admitted between January 2023 and December 2023 were selected as the study subjects. The above subjects were randomly divided into a reference group and an experimental group using a random drawing method. The former adopts a conventional warm box, while the latter adopts a heated and humidified warm box, with 31 cases in each group. Compare the temperature and humidity inside the warm box, newborn sleep time, and daily weight gain between two groups. Results The comparison of temperature and humidity inside the heating box showed that the difference in temperature between the two groups was small (P>0.05), while the humidity in the experimental group was significantly higher (P<0.05). The comparison of newborn sleep time, daily weight gain, and warm-up time showed that the experimental group had significantly higher sleep time and daily weight gain (P<0.05), while the experimental group had significantly shorter warm-up time (P<0.05). Conclusion Adopting a warm and humid incubator in neonatal care can improve the moderation of the incubator and improve the sleep and daily weight gain of newborns.

Heating and humidifying a warm box; Newborn care; Temperature and humidity inside the heating box; Sleep time of newborns; Daily weight gain; Time for leaving the heating box