How To Care For A Newborn Baby Pdf. POSTNATAL CARE-RELATED RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEWBORN CARE FROM OTHER WHO GUIDELINES Immediately at birth all babies should be dried thoroughly and their breathing assessed. If the thought of the first bath or figuring out a swaddle makes you nervous dont worry.
Infant breast-feeds for a minimum of 10 minutes every 3 hours. POSTNATAL CARE-RELATED RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEWBORN CARE FROM OTHER WHO GUIDELINES Immediately at birth all babies should be dried thoroughly and their breathing assessed. Use these charts to manage babies from birth to the time of discharge home or transfer of a sick or small baby to the neonatal unit.
Babies can have health issues that are different from older children and adults like diaper rash and cradle cap.
The level of care and resulting revenue code will likely fluctuate daily during an infants stay in a facility19. Treatment usually involves putting the baby under special lights. Ampicillin 50 mgkg IM and gentamicin 4 mgkg IM. The Action Plan for Healthy Newborn Infants in the Western Pacific Region 20142020 is a road map for these changes.