A Research Study On Newborns

After the delivery, the heat from the mom’s body can warm the baby and maintains the baby’s body temperature. For instance, when nursing students were at the operating room at Saint Peter’s Hospital during the C-section delivery, as soon as the baby was out, the doctor placed the newborn on the mother’s chest. When the mother was alert and awake during the C-section made it possible for the baby to stay on her chest on the first hours after the birth. It was one of the most beautiful moments in life. Nevertheless, there was another C-section birth of diabetic mother. She was not fully awake during the C-section and the doctor only did not promote skin-to-skin mother and the newborn. The doctors and nurses at Saint Peter’s Hospital support and encourage skin-to-skin for mother and newborn right after the birth if there is no complication on mother or baby or when the condition is possible. Saint Peter’s Hospital has policy for vaginal delivery, “all infants that meet the criteria for initiate skin-to-skin care shall have skin-to-skin care implemented as the standard of care immediately after birth and as needed thereafter regardless of feeding preference”. They promote skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby immediately after delivery. However, mothers and babies have a physiologic need to be together during the minutes, hours, and days following birth, and this time together significantly improves maternal and newborn outcomes.

Premature newborns have an increased risk of complications because their bodies still have underdeveloped parts such as the lungs, digestive system, immune system, and skin. Thus, promoting oxygenation, nutrition, and fluid balance, maintaining thermal regulation, resuscitation and transferring the newborn to NICU unit will help the child to get better (Ricci el., 2017, pg. 887).

Throughout this essay I will be discussing the holistic impact a premature baby within the neonatal units has on not only the child but also the immediate family. There are many health issues which can affect the child but also other issues including attachment to the mother which can also have a long-term effect on the child. This can also influence the family as there may be financial implications on the family due to these extra unexpected costs. Throughout this essay I will be discussing these topics in detail.

The stern figures of the global burden of pregnancy-related deaths are now so well known. Every year, approximately eight million women suffer pregnancy-related complications 289 000 women die due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth, and 6.6 mil¬lion children below 5 years of age die of complications in the newborn period and of common childhood diseases. Worldwide, the majority of maternal and newborns deaths occur around the time of birth, typically within the first 24 hours after childbirth. In developing countries, one woman in 16 may die due to pregnancy-related complications compared to one in 2800 in developed countries. Many of these maternal and neonatal deaths more than 80% of could be prevented or avoided through actions

Evidence has shown what mothers and newborns need after birth, each other. There are many opportunities for skin-to-skin care and breastfeeding. Nurses and healthcare professionals must support the physiological need that mothers and newborns have for each other after the birthing process. It is crucial that the nurses recognize the short- and long­term health benefits for the mothers and newborns that result from skin-to-skin care. Therefore, as healthcare professionals it is important to educate the patients and prevent separation of a mother and her newborn as a healthy birth

Once baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut baby is taken by nurses strait to a radiant warmer. Maintaining thermoregulation of an infant is of high priority after the infant leaves mothers womb. Nurses will dry the infant with towels to prevent heat loss they can experience from evaporating amniotic fluid left on the skin. Nurses also place babies in a radiant warmer where a skin probe can be placed over the spleen or liver area. Doing this acts as a thermostat to the radiant warmer so that the setting of heat will be properly administered. After babies head and body are examined babies have a hat placed on their heads to help with heat loss and are wrapped in warm

Nowadays, separation of mothers from their newborn babies at delivery has become a usual practice despite the escalating evidence that this may have negative effects on the newborn. A growing volume of research supports skin to skin contact between the mother and the newborn in the immediate post-delivery period. Skin to skin contact is defined as placing the naked newborn baby, prone covered across the back with a warm blanket, on the mother's bare chest instantaneously following birth.

On Monday November 23rd 2015, a baby only hours old, umbilical cord still attached, was found at a church in Queens, New York. The mother left him in a nativity scene inside the church. New York has Safe Haven laws to permit parents to namelessly leave unwanted infants.

The nurse must be mindful of each intervention initiated and the possible benefits of the intervention against its potential harmful effects for both mother and fetus. Not providing basic comfort measures for the mother can cause serious physical and emotional problems and could lead to possible fatigue and feelings of failure from the mother. The priority of this nursing intervention is to provide the mother and fetus with the least discomfort as possible and

Thinking about these events, I developed the following theory on what could have occurred that evening: At least one adult Bigfoot brought the infant to my house, creating a diversion by scratching on the front door. Then, with our attention on the front of the house, they crept around to the back of the house. The adult lifted the infant over the rail, then set it down on the deck. The infant was too small to reach the carpet without taking one step, in the snow, on the deck, thus leaving a footprint. It then made its way around the glass table, walking on the carpet, which had very little snow on it. The infant opened the dog foot tub, consuming the dog food. The parent then went around to the other side of the deck, reaching over the

Early skin-to skin contact between the mother and newborn after birth creates an optimal environment for the adaptation of newborn to extra uterine life. This simple and cost-free procedure is recommended as an important improvement in care immediately after delivery. Skin-to-skin contact comforts the newborn, prevents heat loss, preserves carbohydrate stores, facilitates metabolic adjustment, reduces crying and pain sensibility. It also promotes early mother–infant interaction and bonding, Extended and uninterrupted early mother–infant body contact after birth was identified as a factor influencing effective sucking at the breast. Some studies indicate that it can also have a long-lasting effect on the duration of breastfeeding and helps stimulate the delivery of the placenta as well as provides lower risk breast cancer as result of breastfeeding. The action of oxytocin and the movements of the newborn feet pressing on the uterus, leads to a decreased risk of postpartum hemorrhage (D’ Artibale , Bercini, 2014)

The family that this teaching assignment will focus on was observed at Avista Adventist Hospital in Broomfield, Colorado, on October 20th, 2014. Both the mother and father were first time parents to baby girl, ‘Nicole’. Nicole was delivered full-term vaginally with meconium consumption that caused moderate oxygenation insufficiency, resulting in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) observation for a minimum 48 hours, as outlined in facility protocol. As first time parents, the couple needs education on the feeding, bathing, and caring aspects of newborn care in addition to the variations required with having a child in the NICU. This paper will focus more on the care provided in the NICU setting that minimizes overstimulation of the infant. Both the couple and extended family need to be included in the conversation about how to accommodate to having an infant in the NICU, rather than private room setting, to both facilitate healing of their own child as well as others in the nursery. In order to provide adequate teaching for this family both verbal and written information should be provided in English and Spanish. Following the teaching sessions the learning objectives can be evaluated based on subsequent visits to the NICU by the family, where further teaching can take place or nursing goals will be considered met.

M.A. is a 34 year old Hispanic female. She came from Mexico and only graduated from high school, this being her highest educational degree. She currently lives with her 2 children and her husband. Her husband is very supportive, but he works long hours. Therefore, she stays at home and take care of the children. In other words, she is a housewife who manages the home. She was admitted to the hospital because she complained of contractions and vaginal bleeding. She was 38 weeks and 5 days pregnant. She gave birth by cesarean section to a 7.7 pounds baby boy on September 29, 2015 at 2:25 p.m. The newborn baby’s Apgar score at 5 minutes was 9 and at 10 minutes was at 9. The Apgar test is performed by physicians or nurses to examine the newborn baby’s breathing effort, heart rate, muscle tone, reflexes, and skin color. An Apgar score of 7-9 is normal and is a sign that the newborn baby is in good health. During her cesarean section procedure, she also underwent a bilateral tubal ligation procedure, which blocks the fallopian tubes to prevent the ovum from being fertilized. She had two previous cesarean sections in 1999 and 2009 prior to this pregnancy. In addition, she had a spontaneous abortion in 2000.

Placing an infant bare on the mother, skin-to-skin, has physiologic stabilizing effects (Ludington, 2015). A randomized controlled trial of skin-to-skin versus incubator care for the first six hours of life in low-birth weight infants found that all eighteen of the skin-to-skin subjects were stable within the sixth hour (Ludington, 2015).Whereas, only six of the thirteen incubator infants were stable (Ludington, 2015)

Infant development is inseparable from the progression of the infant’s relationship with caregivers. Contemporary accounts of the early comments highlighted the role of parents and other guardians in supporting infants gradually (Lyons-Ruth & Zeanah, 1993). This is because the infant needs parents who can help her negotiate the developmental task. Thus, there are 4 stages to develop which is birth to 4 weeks, age 1 to 3 months, 3 to 6 months and 6 to 12 months.