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What is a neonate?

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A baby up to 28 days old

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Six biologic tasks of the neonate

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o Establishing and maintaining respiration
o Adjusting to circulatory changes
o Regulating temperature
o Ingesting, retaining and digesting nutrients
o Eliminating waste
o Regulating waste

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What are the 3 phases of transition period? What is the total duration?

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  • 1st period of reactivity
  • Period of decreased responsiveness
  • 2nd period of reactivity

TOTAL TOME: 6-8 hours

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1st period of reactivity
• Duration
• What happens? (2)

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  • Lasts 30 minutes to 2 hours

* Increased HR and RR

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Period of decreased responsiveness
• Duration
• What happens? (2)

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  • Lasts from 2-4 hours

* HR & RR are back to normal

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2nd period of reactivity
• Duration
• What happens? (4)

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• Lasts 10 minutes to several hours

  • Increased HR, RR
  • Increased muscle tone, mucus production (bulb syringe)
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Six types of activity for babies:

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  • Active alert
  • Quiet alert
  • Drowsy
  • Light sleeping
  • Crying
  • Deep sleep
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What must the first breath do?

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Must force the fetal lung fluid into the interstitial spaces around the alveoli so that air can now enter the respiratory tract.

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Initiation of breathing (3)

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  • Pressure (1st breath has the greatest negative pressure compared to subsequent breathing)
  • Temperature (baby has sensors on skin to send impulses to brain to breathe)
  • Chemical (Carotid arteries and the aorta respond to changes in blood chemistry brought on by hypoxia, which occurs with birth)
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Vessels in umbilical cord

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2 Arteries, 1 vein

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What will the HCP do if a murmur is heard?

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4- extremity BP

to ensure that there is no coarctation of the aorta, which would mean that there is higher BP on upper extremities than lower

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What happens during the simultaneous CV / Respiratory shift? (5)

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  • Lung recoil causes a pressure shift
  • Pressure shift causes closure / constriction of DA, DV, FO
  • Circulatory shift
  • Decreased pulmonary pressure
  • Increased perfusion
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Four mechanisms of heat loss in the neonate

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  • Convection
  • Radiation
  • Evaporation
  • Conduction
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Convection

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• Heat loss due to air current or flow or people walking by creating a cool breeze

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Radiation

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• Loss to cooler environment that might be NEAR a cold surface. Like the warmed incubator to the window or cold wall

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Evaporation

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• Can occur during birth or anytime the infant is wet from insensible water loss.

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Conduction

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  • Loss to cooler object in direct contact

* Example: Scale or providers hand actually touching baby

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3 mechanisms newborns use to increase body temp

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  • Increasing BMR
  • Increased muscular activity
  • Non-shivering thermogenesis (NST)
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What is Non-Shivering Thermogenesis (NST)?

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BROWN FAT METABOLISM

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When in the lifespan does brown fat metabolism occur?

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  • Developed at 26-30 weeks gestation

* Continues to 2-5 weeks old

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What triggers the body to start metabolizing brown fat when needed?

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SNS

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Burning brown fat requires the use of what?

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  • Glucose
  • ATP
  • Oxygen
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What is the risk of brown fat metabolism?

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Hypoglycemia

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Oxygen consumption in a newborn doubles with…

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a 2 degree ambient temperature drop

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Baby has capacity to suck, swallow, breathe at what age?
32 weeks gestation
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How big is the baby's stomach when leaving the hospital?
30cc
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Characteristics of Meconium
Thick, Sticky, Dark (Almost black) Odorless First 1-2 days
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Characteristics of milk stool
SYS: Seedy Yellow Stool. No odor, doesn't stain clothing.
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3 types of baby stools:
1) Meconium 2) Transitional Stool 3) Milk stool
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How many stools by 34d day of life?
1-3 stools per day
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When do you want the baby to pass first stool?
Within 24 hours of life
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Characteristics of normal urine
Usually straw colored and odorless
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Characteristics of urate crystals
Look like brick dust, means baby is dehydrated
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Characteristic of pseudomenstruation
Normally occurs on the 3rd day after birth 2/2 mom's drop in hormones
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When should urine output be 6-8 voids per day
4th day of life
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What is acrocyanosis? | When does it resolve?
- Peripheral cyanosis | - Resolves in 24-48 hours
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How can you tell the difference between facial brusing and acrocyanosis?
If pressed, acrocyanosis will blanch -- facial bruising will not blanch.
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Mongolian spots
Bluish black spots that resemble bruises
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Stork bite
Little red area sometimes on back of neck
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Erythema Toxicum
Benign rash of unknown cause in newborn. Transient.
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Millia
White crystals 1-2 mm in size, 2/2 distended sebacious glands. Over the nose.
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Vernix
Thick, white substance. Protects skin of fetus.
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Lanugo
- In term infant | - Fine hair
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Caput Succadaneum • What is it • What causes it
* Pitting edema in skull that Crosses the Suture line | * Occurs with vaginal births or vacuum extractions
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Cephalohematoma
- Swelling with clear edges that end at the suture line -- bleeding is held between the bone and the periosteum
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Normal newborn temp (F)
97-99.5
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Normal newborn respirations
30-60 rpm
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How often to check respirations
ea 30 minutes until infant has been stable for 2 hours after birth (more often if there are abnormalities)
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Normal newborn heart rate
120-160 bpm
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Normal Newborn BP
* Systolic: 65-95 mm/Hg | * Diastolic: 30-60 mmHg
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Normal Newborn Length
19-21" (48-53cm)
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Normal newborn head circumfrence
13-15" (33-35cm)
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Normal newborn Chest circumfrence
12-13" (30.5-33cm)
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Normal newborn weight
5.3-8.5lbs (2500-4000g)
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What is the APGAR score?
The immediate assessment of a newborn, to assess the transition to extrauterine life. Determines need for resuscitation Assigned at 1 and 5 minutes (sometimes 10 also)
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What is administered during initial physical assessment - LDR (2)
``` Vitamin K Opthalmic ointment (prophylactic ABX) ```
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Term infant
37-42 weeks
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What defines Postmature (Syndrome)
>42 weeks with s&s of placental insufficiency (placenta shuts down at 42 weeks)
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LGA
Large for gestational age. | >4000 or >90th percentile
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AGA
Average for gestational age. | Between 10th and 90th percentile.
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SGA
Small for gestational age. | <10th percentile
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LBW
<2500 g
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VLBW
<1500g
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IUGR
Doesn't meet expected nroms
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What does the Apgar score mean?
* 0-3 serious distress * 1-4 moderate difficulty * 7-10 no difficulty adjusting to extrauterine life
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5 components of the apgar score
* Heart Rate * Respiratory Effort * Muscle tone * Reflex irritability * Color
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Apgar: Heart Rate 0 1 2
0: Absent 1: 100
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Apgar: Respiratory Effort 0 1 2
0 Absent 1 Slow weak cry 2 Good cry
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Apgar: Muscle tone 0 1 2
0 Flaccid 1 Some flexion 2 Well flexed
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Apgar: Reflex irritability 0 1 2
0 No response 1 Grimace 2 Good cry
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Apgar: Color 0 1 2
0 Pale / blue 1 Acrocyanosis 2 Pink / uniform
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What is the glabellar reflex
Tap the forehead, the baby will blink 4-5x
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Normal babinski response - newborn
toes flare with dorsiflexion of big toe
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New Ballard's Scale: 3 characteristics • Age • How accurate • When most accurate
* From 20 to 44 weeks * Provides accurate information within 2 weeks * Most accurate if assessed within 12 hours of birth
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Four physical / muscular tests for newborns:
* Heel to ear * Popliteal angle * Scarf sign * Square window
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How to perform the Heel-to-ear test
Grasp foot, bring it toward ear. Score is recorded when resistance is felt. (Pre-term infant = foot is closer to ear when resistance)
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How to perform the popliteal angle test
The newborn's leg is folded against the thigh on the abdomen, and the lower leg is straightened until resistance is met. Score is 0 if leg can be fully extended, 5 if the angle of the popliteal space is less than 90 degrees.
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How to perform the scarf sign test
Move arm across chest; observe position of elbow when resistance is felt. (Pre-term infant elbow can move past midline without resistance)
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How to perform the square window test
Flex the wrist and measure the angle. | Pre-term infant wrist ill bend more
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What is bilirubin? | What is it derived from (2)
* A yellow pigment | * Derived from the hemoglobin release with the breakdown of RBCs and myoglobin in muscle cells
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When is bilirubin visible
In jaundice -- unconjugated bilirubin binds to albumin, then can leave the vascular system and permeate other extravascular tissue
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Two types of jaundice:
* Physiologic | * Pathologic
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Characteristics of physiologic jaundice
* 50% prevalence | * Onset > 24 hours
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Onset of pathologic jaundice
Onset: within 24 hours of life
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Possible causes of pathologic jaundice (3)
* Result of ABO disease * Result of Rh incompatibility * Physiologic hyperbilirumia that is more severe
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Unconjugated serum bilirubin levels: Physiologic versus pathologic
Unconjugated serum bilirubin: Physiologic: < or = to 12 mg / dL Pathologic: Peaks >13mg/dL
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Characteristics of physiologic hyperbilirubinemia that is classified as pathologic - Unconjugated serum bilirubin levels - Rate of increase - 2 concurrent syndromes
* Peaks >13mg/dL * Increases >0.5 mg/dL/hr * a/w HSM (hepatosplenomegaly) or anemia
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3 characteristics of kernicterus
* Bilirubin encephalopathy * Results in acute symptoms and long term neurologic damage * 50% of infants survive
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Early signs of a cold infant:
Crying, restlessness, increased activity
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What could result from a cold infant (NST, crying)?
- Hypoglycemia | - Acidosis
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Signs of respiratory distress (5)
``` o Nasal Flaring o Retractions: o Grunting o Altered respiratory Rate o Apnea > 20 seconds ```
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Where do retractions in babies occur (early)
• Babies retract in the lower lungs first, when an older person would be using accessory muscles
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Sign of respiratory distress in infants: Early / late
* Early: >60 at rest * Late: <30 at rest (RR)
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Newborn weight loss • Early • Later • When to see a HCP
By 3-5 DOL • 5-10% of birth weight loss By 14 DOL • Regain to birth weight o Any loss over 7-10% of body weight should be evaluated by HCP
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3 signs of newborn dehydration
o Fewer wet diapers (early) o Sunken fontanel o Lethargy
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Most notable sign of hypoglycemia - Symptom - Blood clucose concentration
o “Jittery” infant | o Blood glucose concentration <35 mg / dL
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Other sx of hypoglycemia (9)
* Irregular respiration / apnea * Cyanosis * Weak, high-pitched cry * Feeding difficulty * Hunger * Lethargy * Twitching * Eye rolling * Seizures
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Neonatal sepsis: Definition
Infection in blood or tissues. Wide range of symptoms
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Respiratory sepsis in neonate -- sx (6)
* Apnea, tachypnea, grunting, nasal flaring, retractions | * Decreased O2 sat is a late sign
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CV sepsis in neonate -- sx (5)
• Bradycardia, tachycardia, hypotension, decreased perfusion, decreased cardiac output
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CNS sepsis in neonate -- sx (5)
* Temperature instability * Lethargy * Hypotonia * Irritability * Seizures
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GI sepsis in neonate -- sx (4)
• Feeding intolerance, abdominal distention, vomiting, diarrhea
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Integumentary sepsis in neonate -- sx (3)
• Jaundice, pallor, petechiae
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Seven components of postnatal nursing care
``` o Suction: Maintain patent airway o Apply cord clamp: Check cord o Vitamin K and eye ointment o ID bands and footprints o Wrap in pre-warmed blanket o Encourage bonding, initiate breastfeeding o APGAR score documented ```
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When to contact the HCP after discharge (6)
* Fever (100.4 or higher) * Lethargy * Decreased appetite * Decreased urine / stool * Color night right (pale, yellow, blue) * Baby “just doesn’t seem well”
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NB Care instructions at discharge: Urine and stool
o Urine: 6-10 wet diapers per day after about 4 days | o Stool: 1-3 per day (more if breastfed)
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NB Care instructions at discharge: Feeding guidelines
* Breastfeed approximately every 2-3 hours | * Bottlefeeding approximately up to 2 oz every 3-4 hours
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NB Care instructions at discharge: Expected activity
* 4-5 wakeful periods a day, responds to sounds / voices | * “Back to sleep”
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NB Care instructions at discharge: Bathing
Sponge bath until cord falls off, 2-3x per week or less
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NB Care instructions at discharge: Cord care (3)
* Keep clean and dry until falls off (2 weeks) * Wharton’s jelly * Clean with alcohol only if it looks infected
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NB Care instructions at discharge: Circumcision care (3)
* Wash with warm water only * May put Vaseline on diaper or glands * Watch for signs and symptoms of infection
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