Maternal and Newborn - Week 2 - Newborn Assessment and Care 2023 Updated A+
neonatal period - Includes time from birth to day 28 of life The neonate must make many adjustments to extrauterine life, most of which occur shortly after birth behavioural tasks - Establishing and maintaining respirations (EXTREMELY important) Adjusting to circulatory changes Regulating temperature Ingesting, retaining, and digesting nutrients Eliminating waste Establishing a regulated behavioral tempo independent of the mother which involved self-regulating arousal, self-monitoring changes in state, and patterning sleep Processing, storing, and organizing multiple stimuli Establishing a relationship with caregivers and the environment, what is the resting heart rate of a term infant? - 120-160bpm what is the heart rate of a crying infant? - 180bpm what is the heart rate of a sleeping term infant? -, nursing care of the newborn - Care begins immediately after birth and focuses on assessing and stabilizing the newborn's condition The nurse has the primary responsibility for the infant during this period, non-pharmacological management - Containment (swaddling) Nonnutritive sucking Oral glucose Skin to skin contact Breast feeding pharmacological management - Continues...
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