The Effect of Bathtub Bath on Stress and Comfort in Infants Receiving Phototherapy

The newborn's eyes will be covered with a phototherapy eye patch and placed in the baby's jeans and the treatment will be started. The position (face down and back down) is changed every two hours. And phototherapy is paused every three hours for feeding. Therefore, the bath will be given half an hour after the phototherapy application is completed before the two phototherapy sessions. The physiological parameters of the newborns will be evaluated 0 minutes before the bath. Then the bathtub bath application will be started. The bath application will be completed in a time not exceeding 5 minutes. Physiological parameters, stress and comfort will be assessed 15 minutes after bathing. Then, 15 minutes after starting the phototherapy session and 15 minutes before ending the phototherapy session, physiological parameters, stress and comfort will be assessed. The measured physiological parameters (respiratory rate, heart rate, oxygen saturation and body temperature), stress and comfort scor