Apgar Score

Apgar score The Apgar score is a simple assessment of how a baby is doing at birth, which helps determine whether your newborn is ready to meet the world without additional medical assistance. Your practitioner will do this quick evaluation one minute and five minutes after your baby is born. The 1-minute score determines how well the baby tolerated the birthing process. The 5-minute score tells the health care provider how well the...

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Well Newborn Care

Well Newborn Care Delivery Room Care * Place the infant skin to skin with the mother, once he is stable. * Assess the Apgar score, at 1 and 5 min after birth. * Perform a brief physical examination to check that the infant is    healthy (has no major anomalies or birth injuries, his/her tongue &    body appear pink, and has normal breathing). * Examine the hips to rule out dislocation. * Umbilical cord care.  ...

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Caring for life...

Can you wake up a Section officer at mid night to sign a document? Can you wake up a clerk at mid night to prepare a bill? Can you wake up a lecturer at mid night to teach you? Can you wake up a shopkeeper to buy a match box from his shop? Everybody will answer No But you can wake up a NURSE from a deep sleep at mid night for a patient who suffering in pain, We the Nurse stand at the bedside of patients to save them because we feel...

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