The goal of this course is to help nurses learn about physical adjustments babies need to make outside the mother’s body, the assessment of the newborn, maternal high risk factors, delivery factors, baby factors, the Apgar Score, evaluations of the baby’s neuromuscular system, factors linked to prematurity, and different levels of care in neonatal intensive care units.
Course Publication Date:
April 28, 2020
This course is available with
NO ADDITIONAL FEE if you have an active
one year unlimited membership!
| Author: | Anita Rothera-Delaney RN, BS |
| Course No: | CN042320 |
| Contact Hours: | 2.00 |
| Delivery Method: | Online Self Study |
| Category: | Pediatric Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
Medical & Surgical Issues
Peri-Natal Medicine
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Learning Objectives
Name three maternal high-risk factors for having a newborn with problems.
Discuss some delivery factors that might be involved.
Name three baby high risk factors for having a newborn with problems.
Discuss the Apgar score measurement.
State the average weight for term and/or premature babies.
Discuss factors linked to premature births.
Discuss the importance of keeping newborns warm.
Describe different levels of care in neonatal intensive care units.
Discuss the physical adjustments babies need to make outside the mother’s body.
Describe the assessment of the newborn.
Describe two options for newborns to receive nutrition in the NICU.
Name four possible problems that NICU babies might experience.