The cup offered by caregivers to premature newborns in hospital

Purpose: to verify that the knowledge of the technical bid of the diet by the cup, having received training and working time influenced the attitude of the nursing technician, the posture of the newborn and the positioning of the cup. Methods: this was an observational, descriptive, transversal, attended by 15 professionals. Were observed nursing technicians, responsible for the administration of the diet of children at the time of the offering of milk by the cup, in the mother’s absence. Results: only nine individuals were trained (p = 0.273) and 11 said they had no knowledge of the technique (p = 0.011). The offering of the diet was standing (p = 0.001), with the pouring of the milk into the mouth of the child (p = 0.010), being positioned with the occipital and cervical supported (p = 0.001). No association between knowledge of technique, receiving training, working time variables posture nursing technician, posture and positioning newborn cup. Conclusion: the posture of the power supply is held upright, no spill of diet in the oral cavity of the baby and no influence of the postures of the neonate, coach or cup on account of technical knowledge, conducting training and working time.


INTRODUCTION
Breast feeding is the best way to feed newborns, due to its nutritional, immunological and psychological advantages, contributing globally to child's health 1,2 .The importance is even greater to preterm newborns 1,3 , since it is essential to a proper motororal development and proper stomatognathic functions formation 4,5 .
It is known that sucking is a reflex behavior susceptive to be intensified or modified by the experiences the newborn is exposed to 6 .Preterm newborns can spend many days hospitalized in intensive care units, often deprived from breast feeding and intimate contact with their mother.These babies frequently are not capable to suck milk right from mother's breast due to their reflex immaturity or their condition, which make their reflexes week 1 .

ABSTRACT
Purpose: to verify that the knowledge of the technical bid of the diet by the cup, having received training and working time influenced the attitude of the nursing technician, the posture of the newborn and the positioning of the cup.Methods: this was an observational, descriptive, transversal, attended by 15 professionals.Were observed nursing technicians, responsible for the administration of the diet of children at the time of the offering of milk by the cup, in the mother's absence.Results: only nine individuals were trained (p = 0.273) and 11 said they had no knowledge of the technique (p = 0.011).The offering of the diet was standing (p = 0.001), with the pouring of the milk into the mouth of the child (p = 0.010), being positioned with the occipital and cervical supported (p = 0.001).No association between knowledge of technique, receiving training, working time variables posture nursing technician, posture and positioning newborn cup.Conclusion: the posture of the power supply is held upright, no spill of diet in the oral cavity of the baby and no influence of the postures of the neonate, coach or cup on account of technical knowledge, conducting training and working time.

KEYWORDS:
Infant, Newborn; Breast Feeding; Infant, Premature; Milk, Human; Feeding Methods age, birth weight and weight during observation.Although, the neonates presented variability in relation to days old, time using gastric tube and time oral via diet (Table 2).
The nine newborns that were offered the diet were in gestational age corrected of 34 weeks and median weight of 1.914 grams.It was observed homogeneity regarding corrected gestational The mothers and the nursing technicians were oriented about the procedures of the research.The mothers agreed with the participation of their son and the technicians agreed to participate by signing the Consent Form.
It was included technicians of the unit cited, who worked with preterm newborns specifically offering the diet.The newborns must necessarily receive diet oral via.
The neonatal unit has four infirmaries, total of 40 beds, divided according to the gravity of newborn's condition and the assistance required.The observation was performed in the infirmary attending low risk newborns and mothers -clinically stable, composed of 14 beds.
In this unit, the nursing technician attend most of the time the hospitalized newborn and are responsible for offering the diet at mother's absence.A total of 34 technicians are defined by scale.In the infirmary where the study was conducted, two technicians are responsible for the 14 beds during a 12-hour shift.However, not all the technicians attend all the infirmaries in the unit.
First, the sample defined 32 subjects to be observed in the unit, considering sample error of 5% and confidence level of 95%.Though, during the data collection only 18 technicians were defined to work in this unit and only 15 agreed in participate and signed the authorization.
In Table 1 is demonstrated the characteristics of technicians observed.The median of age was 40.3 years old, among 29 and 56, presenting low variability of the sample.Also, the median working time in the hospital was 10.7 years, ranging among 0.25 and 30 years, however, the analysis indicated a heterogenic sample concerning this aspect.newborn a safe method of artificial feeding 17,18 until they are ready to perform exclusive breast feeding.
The caregivers (health professionals or mothers) need to be guided in relation to the correct feeding using the cup technique.Orientations about handling the cup, milk volume and proper position of the baby to receive the diet are important and the success of the technique will depend on the information given to them 19 .
A study evaluated mothers handling the cup and analyzed the aspects that interfere on the technique.From a sample of 30 binomial mother/ son, chart analysis and observation of mothers offering the diet in a cup, the results presented there is significant relation in baby's posture, cup position, milk volume and health professional's directions to mothers about using the cup.The authors conclude the cup can be handled by mothers, but they need direction about paying attention in cup position and milk volume 19 .
Therefore, this study aimed to verify if knowing the technique of offering the diet in a cup, receive training and the working time of caregivers had influence on technician posture, newborn posture and cup position.

METHODS
The research was submitted and approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research with Humans of the São Lucas School, under protocol number 262.865/2013.
It was an observational, descriptive and transversal study, developed in public neonatal unit that provide interventions to high risk pregnant women, considered as reference in the field.Subtitle: CV = coefficient of variation; Q1 = first quartile; Q3 = third quartile; Min = minimum value; Max = maximum value; N = number of subjects; CI = confidence interval First, it was developed data collection from newborns' charts, in which: gestational age, birth weight, weight during data collection and the time getting feeding oral via.Next, the technicians were questioned about the time they work in the institution, about their previous knowledge about the technique and training.
The material used was adapted from the protocol of observing the diet 19 , composed by three parts: (1) newborns characteristics (birth date, correct gestational age, birth weight, current weight, time using gastric tube and time receiving diet oral via); (2) questions to the nursing technician responsible for offering the diet (age, working time, previous knowledge of the technique, training for executing the technique); and (3) observation of the moment of offering the technique (place of feeding, newborn's posture, technician posture, cup position).
The technician was only observed in the absence of the mother so the breast feeding was not discouraged.
After collecting data, it was developed the following analysis: relation among -the technique knowledge, training and working time-to technician posture, newborn posture and cup position.
It was defined for this study the statistical significance level of 0.05 and it was applied the Equality of Two Proportions Test, Chi-Square Test and Kruskal-Wallis Test.

RESULTS
After the observation of the 15 nursing technicians, it was verified that most of them, 11 subjects, declared do not know the technique, a significant difference (p=0.011).Regarding the capacitating training to proper apply this technique, nine subjects received and six was not trained (p=0.273).
It was observed three aspects: (1) technician posture (whether the diet was offer sat down and aligned or standing); (2) cup position (placed on lower lip, milk touching lower lip, milk poured into oral cavity and leakage of milk during offer); and (3) newborn posture (inclined in 40 o on technician's arms, inclined 40 o on the crib and newborns' occipital and cervical regions supported).
The Equality of Two Proportions Test was applied to analyze the distribution to each of the three aspects cited above of the frequency relative of actions performed by subjects.
Table 3 presents the relation among knowing the technique, training and technician posture, newborn posture and cup position.There is no relation among the variables analyzed.
Table 4 presents there is no association in working time and technician posture, newborn posture and cup position.mother and baby posture and the cup position were positively influenced by these orientation 19 .
It is a simple technique, easy to be executed, but it needs capacitation, since the baby is considered overall and not only the oral cavity.The child need to be organized, in correct posture, calm, in other words, there is a specific way to offer the cup 9,19-22 .
Literature brings that feeding preterm newborns is a challenge; therefore, it must have proper aid and support, essentially from health professionals 19 .The unit of the study demonstrates to be concerned about training its collaborators, since more than half of the technicians were trained.

DICUSSION
The proposals of this study was to verify if knowing the technique of offering the diet in a cup, training and the working time had influence on nursing technician posture, newborns posture and cup position.
It was observed the most of the technician referred do not know the technique, although, more than half of them had received training.A previous study analyzed the orientation given by health professionals to mothers about how to use the cup with their babies, and the results showed that Newborn's position was proper, in other words, professionals can realize how the child remain better organized and they have concerning in maintaining them aligned.The proper body alignment will promote child to have a better breathing rhythm, leading to coordinating functions as sucking, breathing and swallowing.Therefore, the body alignment should be the key to obtain the ideal position to feeding 30 .
As a result, cup handling and milk volume are essentials to succeed in the proper diet offer, mainly regarding baby posture 19 .
It is not influent actions to know the technique, training and working time.Thus, postures and cup position do no suffer influence from professionals, as tables 3 and 4 presented.
Very often, due to the overload imposed by labor routine, the nursing team attends a mechanical and technical assistance, not reflexive, forgetting to perform a humane care 31 .According to the Ministry of Health, humanization works as one of the principles to be followed on behalf of quality assistance 32 , since the technique itself do not guarantee cares to be well applied.
It is considered as a limitation of this study the number of professionals observed, such as the hours of observation.It is believed that a variation on the results may occur according to work hours, for example, in weekends, night shifts and end of shifts.

CONCLUSION
The results from observing the technicians conclude that the diet is offered with the technician standing, it is poured into baby's oral cavity and there is no influence in newborn, technicians or the cup position from knowing the technique, training or working time.
Regarding technician posture, it was verified the professional offered the diet standing.It is known that milk administration in a cup should be performed as following: the caregiver should hold the baby in attention state, snuggling them with a sheet so the milk is not spread by superior limbs movement.The baby should be sat or semi sat on caregiver lap 19,20,23,24 .
The nursing technician position of standing in the occasion of observation is justified by an infection outbreak in this unit.To control the infection and contamination it was suggested some standard procedures, in which offering milk to newborns in their cribs.Thus, there was a minimization of physical contact.However, it is questionable if these procedures should be considered as labor routine.
It cannot be ignored, however, the fact that most of the health institutions do not care about the ergonomics of the installations and equipment, making the nursing labor harder and exhaustive.There are some difficulties to be deal with as inadequate physical and material structure to the type of service and professionals' workload 25 .
In cup position the frequent observation was pouring milk into child's oral cavity.To use this instrument, it is recommended to be place on baby's lower lip, inclining so the milk touches their lower lips, waiting to baby suck the milk, sipping it and then swallow it.It is not necessary to pour the milk into baby's mouth [20][21][22][23] .The literature refers, for the success of the diet administration in a cup, it is important the proper position, since the inadequate position of the cup can provoke alteration in the rhythm of sipping the milk, long pauses and preterm leakage of milk 19,26,27 .
In addition, there is the risk of the real milk ingestion to be smaller than the desired, due to the lost by leaking 21,28,29 .This can probably generate nutrients loss and, therefore, baby's weight loss.