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. 2018 May 29;24(1):25–29. doi: 10.1093/pch/pxy061

Table 2.

Participants scores in neonatal procedures and skills

Average score in individual procedures and skills
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 All Years
Procedures forming competence index
Positive pressure ventilation 1.6 2.3 2.9 2.5 2.3
Intubation (more than 28 weeks) 1 1.3 2 1.8 1.5
Umbilical venous catheterization 2 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.5
Other procedures and skills
Blood draw 1.1 0.9 1.4 1.6 1.2
Peripheral intravenous line 1.2 1 1.7 2.3 1.4
Peripherally inserted central catheter 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.3
Arterial puncture 0.2 0.5 1 2 0.7
Umbilical arterial catheterization 1.4 2 2.5 2.4 2
Peripheral arterial line 0.2 0.3 0.4 1 0.4
Bladder catheterization 0.6 0.5 1.3 0.6 0.8
Suprapubic catheterization 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Nasogastric tube 0.8 1 1.6 1.3 1.2
Naso-jejunal tube 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.3
Lumbar puncture 1.8 2.6 3.4 3.6 2.8
Thoracocenthesis 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.3 0.8
Chest tube 0.4 0.3 1 1 0.7
Intubation for meconium 1 0.7 2.2 2.6 1.7
Intubation infant less than 28 weeks in case room 0.5 0.5 1 1.1 0.8
Intubation infant less than 28 weeks in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 0.8 0.8 1.4 1.8 1.1