1. NEWBORN CARE

2. Immediate Newborn Care
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Principles in Newborn Care
1. Establish & Maintain Airway Patency
2. Maintain Appropriate Body Temperature
3. Immediate Latching On/ Skin to Skin Contact
4. Immediate Assessment of the Newborn
APGAR Score
Assessment of Gestational Age
Cephalometry
5. Proper Identification- Footprints/ identification band

3. Immediate Newborn Care
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Immediate Newborn Care
6. Specific Nursing Actions/ Nursery Care
Check Identification band
Antropometric Measurements
Administration of Vit.K, Hepa B & Crede’s Eye Prophylaxis
Weight / Vital signs Taking
7. Rooming-in

4. Immediate Care of the Newborn
Maintain respiration
Promote warmth
Prevent infection
Accurate identification

6. Hollister cord clamp. A, Clamp is positioned 1/2 to 1 inch from the abdomen and then secured.

7. Hollister cord clamp. B, Cut cord
Hollister cord clamp. B, Cut cord. The one vein and two arteries can be seen. B

8. Hollister cord clamp. C, Plastic device for removing clamp after cord has dried. After the cord is cut, the nurse grasps the Hollister clamp on either side of the cut area and gently separates it. C

9. Clearing secretions. To clear secretions from the newborn’s nose or oropharynx, a DeLee mucus trap (shown here) or other suction device is used. One end of the suction tubing is connected to low suction, and the other end of the tubing is inserted 3 to 5 inches into the newborn’s nose or mouth. Suction is applied as the tubing is pulled out. The process is repeated for as long as fluid is aspirated.

10. Initial Newborn Evaluation

11. Umbilical Alarm