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Certificate of Achievement
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Griffith University
This online course taught the steps of performing a head to toe assessment of the newborn. Common newborn abnormalities were covered, with a focus on normal findings. Learners explored the importance of newborns bonding with parents along with considerations for newborn skincare.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Victoria Kain
Director of Undergraduate Nursing Programs
Griffith University
Dr Elizabeth Forster
Program Director Paediatric Nursing
Griffith University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Perform a newborn assessment using a systematic head to toe approach, identifying both normal and abnormal characteristics.
- Assess the gestational age of the newborn.
- Discuss the benefits of parental and newborn bonding.
Syllabus
- Preparing to conduct a newborn assessment.
- Why collecting a maternal history is an important element of the overall assessment.
- Step by step instructions for performing a head to toe physical assessment of the newborn.
- Techniques for determining gestational age.
- Assessing the development and reflexes of the newborn.
- Common newborn challenges.
- Newborn skin care.
- Evaluating interactions between the mother and their newborn.
Issued on 20th March 2020
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