The Effect of Day-Night Cycle on the Transition Time to Full Enteral Feeding in Preterm Newborns Receiving Oropharyngeal Colostrum

In this group, colostrum delivered to the unit within the first 5 days of life was administered by the nurse every three hours for 14 days. In order to create a day/night cycle, a white incubator cover was used routinely in the unit during the day (between 08.00-20.00 hours) and a dark colored incubator cover was used at night (between 20.00-08.00 hours).

"In this group, colostrum delivered to the unit within the first 5 days of life was administered every three hours for 14 days by the nurse.~is the group whose covers are used."