Requirements:

 Surgical gloves (sterile gloves)

 2 warm blankets
 1 bonent
 Cord care set
 Eye care
 Vitamin K
 Hepatitis B Vaccine

- do hand washing tecnique

- wear sterile gloves (double gloving step)

- during the first 3 minutes within birth

 Once the baby out from the perium, “call out the time of birth”
 Use the first linen to towel dry the baby for atleast 30 seconds, this will stimulate the baby
to breath.
 Do not wipe off the vernix, as discontinues to provide the naturals protective covers for
the baby.
 Do not the baby within the first 6hrs
 Washing may lead to hypothermia and infection
 Carry out a rapid assessment of the baby’s breathing as you dry the new born
 Remove the wet cloth
 Initiate skin-to-skin contact by placing the baby into prone position in mothers abdomen
or between her breast
 Place the bonnet of the new born head then use the second linen to cover the back of the
baby.
 Remove the first pair gloves prior to handly the cord
 Do not cut the cord immediately
 Allow the cord pulsation to stop without milking the cord
 Clamp the cord at 2cm from the umbilical bas
 Apply the 2nd clamp at 5centimeters from the base to the umbilicus then cut the cord
when the pulsation stop.
 The benifits of propert cord clamping it to prevents anemia and lower rate ot
intraventicular hemorrhages.
 Inject 10 iu of oxytocin into the mother’s arm to prevent uterine antony.
 While maintaing the skin-to-skin contact, check on the mother’s condition and deliver the
placenta.
 Check how heavy bleeding is and examine her perinuem lower the vagina and bulba for
tears.
 Clean the mother and keep her comfortable.
 The benefits of SSC or skin to skin contact is to promotes bonding between mother and
child, breastfeeding/colostrum feeding success, allowing colonization with maternal skin
flora and protects the baby from hypoglyemia.
 And about 30 minutes due an hour after birth, the baby will start licking, rooting and
tummy movements cues that the baby is ready to breastfeed.
 Encourage the mother to nudge her baby toward the her breast to seek out the nipple.
 Then council on positioning and attached after the baby complete the first breastfeed and
while the baby is on the breast of the mother, perform eyecare and administer vaccines.
 Keep the child in the mother’s arms until she recover from giving birth
 The baby stays with the mother as she brought to room or ward
 The baby maybe washed after atleast 6hrs.
 Exlusive breastfeeding starts at birth with colostrum feeding and continues for 6 months.
 After 6months of exclusive breastfeeding the child can continue to breastfeeding in
addition to other foods up to 2years of age or beyond.

IN SUMMARIZATION…
Drying for atleast 30 seconds with rapid assessment of breathing and tone
Early SSC or skin-to-skin contact
Properly timed cor clamping
Early breastfeeding initiation
Eye care and immunization procedures after completion of 1st breastfeed
Rooming in
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6months
 BABY BATH PROCEDURE

MATERIALS THAT NEED TO PREPARE:

 BABY DIAPER
 BOOTIES
 MITTENS
 BONNET
 SHORT & LONG DRESS
 BABY BATH SOAP
 WARM WATER IN A BASIN (98-1000F,
CHECKING BY DORSAL PORTION OF THE
HAND OR THE ELBOW)

BATHING THE BABY IT IS THE CLEANING OF

THE BABY SKIN USING THE WARM WATER
AND SOAP OR OIL FOR REMOVING DIRT AND
BACTERIA TO PROMOTE SKIN HEALTH, TO
MASSAGE THE BABY’S BODY, AND TO
REFRESH THE BABY IT ALSO DEFINE AS
CLEANING THE SKIN OF THE BABY FOR
PROMOTING HYGIENE AND COMFORT IN A
HOME SETTING.
THE PURPOSES OF BATHING THE BABY ARE
TO CLEANSE THE SKIN AND STIMULATE
CIRCULATION, TO REFRESH THE BABY, TO
PREVENT ANY SKIN INFECTION, TO CLEAN THE
BODY OF DIRT AND BACTERIA, TO CLOSELY
OBSERVE THE BODY FOR EVIDENCE OF ANY
ABNORMALITIES AND TO NOTE THE INFANT’S
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND LASTLY
TO INDUCE SLEEP.

TAKE NOTE THAT NEVER LEAVE THE BABY

ALONE OR UNATTENDED IN A BATH TUB OR
TABLE.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE PATIENT:

HELLO MA’AM, I AM DARWIN THE STUDENT
NURSE IN-CHARGE AND HOW ARE YOU
MAAM? YOUR DAUGHER IS FINE AND SHE SO
PRETTY. SO MA’AM I AM GOING TO BATHS
YOUR BABY TO PREVENT ANY SKIN INFECTION
AND ALSO THE GOOD HYGIENE OF THE BABY.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO INTODUCE YOURSELF
AND EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE TO THE
MOTHER AND ENCOURAGE HER
PARTICIPATION. THIS IS TO RUDUCE ANXIETY
AND WIN COOPERATION

WASH YOUR HANDS FIRST TO ENSURE THAT

THE STANDARD PRECAUTIONS ARE
FOLLOWED.
CHECK THE VITAL SIGN OF THE BABY:
TEMPERATURE,

1. FIRST NEED TO UNDRESS THE BABY,

REMOVE THE PAMPERS AND COVER THE
BABY USING THE TOWEL TO PREVENT
HYPOTHERMIA.

2. START TO CLEAN FIRST THE EYES, GET THE

TOWEL THEN HOLD THE HEAD OF THE BABY
AND LOCK THE FEET WITH YOUR BICEPS.

3. CLEAN THE EYE BY USING THE WET TOWEL,

START FROM INNER CANTUS-OUTER CANTUS
4. RINSE THE TOWEL, NEXT IS THE FIGURE OF
S FROM FOREHEAD DOWN TO CHECK TO
CHIN. AND THEN RINSE THE TOWEL AND DO
THE OTHER SIDE.

5. NEXT IS THE EAR FROM INNNER TO OUTER

(SAME PROCEDURE OF BOTH SIDES)

6. NEXT IS THE HEAD, I’LL PLACE MY THUMB

AND MY MIDDLE FINGER TO COVER THE EARS
THEN WET THE HEAD AND APPLY BABY SOAP
THEN RINSE THROUGHLY.

7. UNDRESS THE BABY, THEN PLACE THE BABY

FROM THE BASIN. WET THE BODY OF THE
BABY AND APPLY SOAP FIRST IN THE UPPER
TRUNK AND ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO THE
FOLDS EVENLY THE UMBILICUS.

8. WHEN YOU MOVE THE BABY ON BACK,

YOU SHOULD SUPPORT THE FACE.
9. APPLY SOAP ON THE BACK OF THE BABY
THEN PAY ATTENTION OF THE FOLDS OF THE
GENITAL AREA AND THE RINSE THOROUGHLY.

10. THEN WRAP/COVER THE BABY AND DRY

USING THE TOWEL OR THE LINEN OF THE
BABY.

11. DRESS THE BABY AND PUT THE

TRADITIONAL DIAPER WHICH IS THE LAMPEIN
THEN PUT A CLIP SIDE BY SIDE.

12. PUT THE BOOTIES AND MITTENS

13. THEN MUMMIFY THE BABY TO KEEP HER

WARM.

14. AFTER THAT GIVE IT THE BABY TO THE

MOTHER FOR BREASTFEEDING.

15. THAT’S ALL THANK YOU!