The birth of a baby is thrilling for parents. But the delivery room can be confusing with medical personnel and lots of monitors. A number of screenings for newborns are given right away, including ...

To encourage use of skin-to-skin contact with all healthy term infants during the first two hours of life and throughout their mothers' postpartum hospitalization, an easy, rapid newborn assessment ...

A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global collaboration ...

The Apgar score is a quick assessment of a newborn baby 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth. Healthcare professionals report the newborn’s status based on observation to see if the newborn needs extra ...

Some researchers have used a more liberal definition of the neonatal abstinence syndrome that includes exposure to nonopioid substances. This can be problematic because the assessment tools for the ...

This study investigates the effectiveness of the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) on neurobehavioral and electrophysiological functioning of preterm infants ...

Is the infant breathing easily? Easy breathing means the respiratory rate is normal (40–60 breaths per minute), respirations are regular (not irregular, no apnea), and that there are no signs of ...