Newborns have unique anatomy and physiologic characteristics that need to be assessed at birth. Nurses with limited or no experience in the obstetrical environment need to be made aware of these unique characteristics in order to perform a competent evaluation of a newborn's health. This series provides nurses with the information they need, and demonstrates the skills necessary, to perform a comprehensive assessment of the newborn child. In the process of this discussion, both the assessment of neuromuscular maturity and that of physical maturity are examined. As the infant is assessed, reference is made to the system developed by Dr. Jeanne Ballard. The program concludes with a presentation of 13 newborn reflexes. UPDATED INFO: The section on Assessing Neurological Reflexes has been revised. Narrator, Anna Scott.
Contents:
Assessment of physical maturity -- Newborn reflexes (primitive reflexes).
OCLC:
(OCoLC)670441556
Locations:
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)
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