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2. Newborn care and safety - Wikipedia

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   Taking a newborn care class during pregnancy can prepare caregivers for their future responsibilities. During the stay in a hospital or a birthing center, clinicians and nurses help with basic baby care and demonstrate how to perform it. Newborn care basics include: Handling a newborn, including supporting the baby's neck; Bathing; Dressing ...

3. Neonatal intensive care unit - Wikipedia

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   neonatology. [edit on Wikidata] A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), also known as an intensive care nursery (ICN), is an intensive care unit (ICU) specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. The NICU is divided into several areas, including a critical care area for babies who require close monitoring and intervention, an ...

4. Neonatology - Wikipedia

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   Neonatologist. Physician performing a physical exam on a newborn baby after a Caesarean section. Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital -based specialty and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

5. Childbirth - Wikipedia

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   They are usually experienced mothers who took courses on how to take care of mothers and newborn babies. [citation needed] Midwives are autonomous practitioners who provide basic and emergency health care before, during and after pregnancy and childbirth, generally to women with low-risk pregnancies. Midwives are trained to assist during labour ...

6. Kangaroo care - Wikipedia

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   Kangaroo mother care (KMC), [1] which involves skin-to-skin contact (SSC), is an intervention to care for premature or low birth weight (LBW) infants. The technique and intervention is the recommended evidence-based care for LBW infants by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2003. [1][2] In the 2003 WHO Kangaroo Mother Care practical ...

7. Infant - Wikipedia

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   e. An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. Infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning 'baby' or 'child' [ 1 ]) is a formal or specialised synonym for the common term baby. The terms may also be used to refer to juveniles of other organisms. A newborn is, in colloquial use, an infant who is only hours, days, or up to one ...