Newborn Assessment

Contact Hour(s): 

1 Contact Hour

Author:

Kelly LaMonica, DNP(c), MSN, RNC-OB, EFM

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Midwife (MW), Nursing Student, Registered Nurse (RN)

Accreditations: 

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

State Approvals:

Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353

Course Description:

This course discusses how to perform a newborn assessment, the risk factors for newborns, the routine management that each newborn should receive, when to call a provider, and appropriate nursing care for a newborn.

Course Outcome:

≥ 92% of participants will know how to perform a newborn assessment.

Objectives:

After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe the routine management of a healthy newborn.
2. List the risk factors that need to be assessed for potential complications in a newborn.
3. Outline how to assess a newborn.
4. Determine when to call a provider with newborn assessment abnormalities.
5. Plan nursing care for the newborn.

Disclosures:

CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.