4. Purposes of immediate
care of newborn
• Establish and maintain respiratory
function.
• Provide warmth and prevent
hypothermia.
• Ensure safety from injury and infection.
• Identify actual and potential problems
that might require immediate action.
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5. Immediate
Care of the
Newborn
• Airway
• Breathing
• Temperature
• APGAR
• IDENTIFICATION
6. Implementation:
• Oro-pharengeal Suctioning:
• 1.Wipe the neonate’s mouth with a
piece of gauze around your index finger
once his head has been delivered.
• Wrap and dry the neonate in a warmed
towel.
• Suction the neonate’s mouth with a
disposable Suctioning.
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7. Implementation:
• Place the neonate in a radiant warmer.
• Replace the wet towel and wrap the
neonate in another dry towel.
• Place newborn in trendlenburng position.
• Do suction of oropharyngeal canal.
• Oxygen may be given.
• Continue suction as fluid is aspirated.
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8. Dry the Baby
• Hypothermia is common
• Wet newborns rapidly lose
heat
• Use a warm, dry, soft towel
• Any absorbent material:
9. Replace the Wet Towels
• Then let the mother
hold the baby
• Her body heat will
help keep the baby
warm
• Cover the head to
prevent heat loss
10. POSITIONING OF THE
NEWBORN
• Positioning
Right side lying
1. promote
drainage secretion
2. fasten gastric
emptying time
• good airway.
11. Airway & Breathing
• Suction gently & quickly
using bulb syringe or
suction catheter
• Starts in the mouth then,
the nose to prevent
aspiration
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12. Suction first from Mouth and then from
Nose Use a by use of bulb syringe
13. Airway & Breathing
• Stimulate crying by rubbing
• Position properly- side lying /
Provide oxygen when
necessary
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14. Assess the newborn’s
condition
A- One minute APGAR Score&- reassess at
5 minutes.
B-Neurological examination by checking
common reflexes of the newborn.
C-Vital signs pulse, respiration &
temperature.
D-Growth measurement include length,
weight, head & chest circumferences.
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15. Assess the newborn’s
condition
E-Assess for any gross abnormality, congenital
defects in head,
F- eyes, ears, chest, spine,. face, nose,
abdomen, anus, external genitalia &extremities.
G-Assess for any signs of eye infection.
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16. Apgar score
• The Apgar score is determined by
evaluating the newborn baby on five
simple criteria on a scale from zero to
two and summing up the five
values.The resulting Apgar score
ranges from zero to 10.
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17. APGAR Scoring System
A ctivity/ Muscle Tone
P ulse/ Heart Rate
G rimace/ Reflex Irritability/ Responsiveness
A ppearance/ Skin Color
R espiration/ Breathing
1 2 3 4 5
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19. Apgar score
Sign 0 1 2
Heart rate(pulse Absent Below 100 Above 100
Respiratory Absent Weak cry Good , strong cry
effort
Muscle tone none Some flexion of Active motion ,
extremities extremities well flexed .
Reflex No Grimace Cry
irritability response
Color Blue or Body pink , Pink
pale extremities blue
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20. Significance of Apgar score
• Healthy newborn: 7-10 at both 1 and 5 minutes .
• Moderately depressed newborn : 3-6 ( Need
resuscitation )
• Severely depressed newborn : 1-2 ( Intensive
resuscitation )
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22. Cord Care
• Use sterile plastic clamp or ligature, the
first ligature is placed about 2.5-3 cm
from the abdomen & second ligature is
placed about 1cm from the first ligature.
• Press between the two ligatures.
• Cut the cord by blunt sterile scissor
after the second clamp.
• Examine umbilical cord structure (two
arteries and one vein)
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23. Cord Care Continue
• Paint the end of the stump with alcohol.
• Clean the cord at the base of cord
firstly, then the stump from down to up
with one direction and cleaning the cord
clamp.
• Let the cord exposed not covered by
the diaper.
• Assess the signs of cord healing and
signs of infection (erythema edema tenderness).
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25. Eye care:
• Clean the eye lids é sterile warm sterile
water and cotton.
• Wipe from inner to outward.
• Install one drop of solution of isophenicol.
• Wipe the excess of solution by clean
cotton.
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26. Vitamin K Injection
• Administer 1mg. Vitamin K by I.M
injection.
• Route: IM into the lateral anterior thigh
(Vastus lateralis).
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28. Identification of the
newborn
• Identification of the newborn which
place on wrist & ankle (mother name,
hospital no, sex, weight of newborn).
• Before transferring to
nursery, ID tag should be
applied.
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29. Dressing/ Wrapping
• “Mummy”
• Wrap in warm
blanket
• Cover head with
stockinette cap
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30. Assessment of vital signs
•temperature : the axillary method is the safest .
Normal axillary temperature is 36 – 36.5 °C
•Heart Rate ( HR ) :
HR is counted for 60 seconds at the apex of the heart (Range
from 100- 160 b/m immediately after birth ) .
•Respiratory Rate ( RR ) :
RR varies from 30- 60 b/m when the infant is not crying .
•Blood Pressure ( BP ) :
Not routinely assessed in healthy term infants .
The range of normal blood pressure in term infants is 60- 90
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31. ANTHROPOMETRIC
MEASUREMENT
• HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE : 33-35cm
• CHEST and ABDOMEN : 31-33cm
• LENGTH : 47-54cm
• WEIGHT : 2500-4000 grams
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36. Reflexes
Include the Moro , startle , palmer and planter
grasps, sucking and rooting and swallowing
reflexes, tonic neck reflex ,stepping , and
babinski sign .
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37. Moro Reflex or startle reflex
• quick change in the infant's position will cause the infant to throw the
arms outward, open the hands, and throw back the head .
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38. Palmer grasp
• Palmar and plantar grasp - the infant's fingers or toes
will curl around a finger placed in the area
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39. planter grasp
• Palmar and plantar grasp - the infant's fingers or toes will curl around a
finger placed in the area
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40. Babniski reflex
• the infant's foot is stroked, the toes will extend upward .
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41. Rooting reflex
•
This reflex begins when the corner of the baby's mouth is stroked or touched .
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42. Sucking reflex
• When the roof of the baby's mouth is touched, the baby will begin to suck.
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43. Asymmetric tonic neck
reflex
Tonic neck reflex - When a baby's head is turned to one side, the arm on that
side stretches out and the opposite arm bends up at the elbow.
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44. Dance or step reflex
• This reflex is also called the walking or dance reflex because a baby appears to take steps
or dance when held upright with his/her feet touching a solid surface.
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