1Assistant Professor, Gur Sewa College of Nursing, Garhshankar, Punjab
2Assistant Professor, M. M. College of Nursing, M. M. University Mullana, Mullana, Ambala (Haryana)
Online published on 6 September, 2018.
A quasi experimental study was conducted on the month of December 2012 to January 2013 to assess and compare the effectiveness of cling wrap in terms of maintenance of body temperature and weight of neonates in cling wrap and non cling wrap group. All neonates were under radiant warmer, having body weight < 2500 gm at the time of data collection in both groups. Result shows that there was significant difference found in body temperature of neonates in cling wrap and non cling wrap group where as in body weight of neonates, no significant difference was found.
So, use of cling wrap might be a simple method of avoiding fluctuation in body temperature among low birth weight neonates in developing countries.
Effectiveness, cling wrap, neonate, body temperature and weight, low birth weight
