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3 The routine care of normal infants

Objectives

When you have completed this unit you should be able to:

  • Manage a normal infant at delivery.
  • Assess a newborn infant after delivery.
  • Give routine care to a healthy infant.
  • Advise a mother about care of a normal infant.
  • Appreciate the importance of the road-to-health card.
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3-1 What is a normal infant?
3-2 What care should you give a normal infant immediately after delivery?
3-3 When should you clamp the umbilical cord?
3-4 When should you give the infant to the mother?
3-5 When should the normal infant be put to the breast?
3-6 When do you identify the infant?
3-7 Should all infants be given vitamin K?
3-8 Should antibiotic ointment be placed in the eyes?
3-9 Should all infants be weighed and measured?
3-10 What care and management should be documented?
3-11 Should the infant stay with the mother after delivery?
3-12 Should all normal infants room-in?
3-13 When should the infant receive the first bath?
3-14 What is the appearance of a newborn infant’s stool?
3-15 How many wet nappies should an infant have a day?
3-16 Should the mother breastfeed her infant?
3-17 What routine cord care is needed?
3-18 When should the normal infant be fully examined?
3-19 Is it normal for an infant to lose weight after birth?
3-20 Is it necessary to weigh a normal infant every day?
3-21 How should the infant be dressed?
3-22 Should an infant sleep in the mother’s bed?
3-23 Must the birth be notified?
3-24 Should all infants receive a ‘road to health’ card?
3-25 Should newborn infants be immunised?
3-26 Can a vaginal discharge be normal in an infant?
3-27 May normal infants have enlarged breasts?
3-28 Are erections of the penis normal in infants?
3-29 Should the foreskin of an infant’s penis be pulled back?
3-30 Which birth marks are normal?
3-31 Are cysts on the gum or palate normal?
3-32 Can infants be born with teeth?
3-33 Should ‘tongue tie’ be treated?
3-34 Does an umbilical hernia need treatment?
3-35 What is a coccygeal dimple?
3-36 Do normal infants commonly have a blocked nose?
3-37 Are wide fontanelles and sutures common?
3-38 Are extra fingers or toes normal?
3-39 Should an infant’s nails be cut?
3-40 When can a normal infant be discharged from the hospital or clinic?
3-41 What advice should the mother be given about a normal infant at discharge?
3-42 Should normal infants be followed up after discharge?
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