Newborn Nursery

Hooray for babies! Here are your nursery Goals and Objectives. Hot topics to focus on listed below:

• Demonstrate knowledge of normal newborn exam findings, and be able to recognize common variants from medical problems, including, but not limited to: jitteriness, sleep patterns, feeding patterns, signs/symptoms of drug withdrawal, jaundice, GI problems (stooling/feeding difficulties), heart murmurs, sacral/spinal anomalies, hip laxity, hypoglycemia, respiratory distress, etc.
• Become proficient in the screening, detection and work-up or clinically important anomalies/conditions (such as DDH, cataract, cardiovascular disease, hyperbilirubinemia, infants of diabetic mothers, etc.)

Please also check out their suggested rotation learning:

• Google Folder link!
• AAP Clinical Report about Newborn Screening
• NEJM review article about the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• AAP Policy Statement about Safe Sleep
• Pediatrics review article about Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• Game changing article about treating Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• AAP Policy Statement about Breastfeeding
• AAP Policy Statement about Hearing Screening
• AAP article on Management of Infants at Risk for GBS
• Pediatrics article about Hepatitis C Screening

Some bonus learning:

• Keep this handout in mind: UMass Breastfeeding Support Resources sheet
• Check out the Breastfeeding/Nutrition Topic for great reading and videos
• The NEJM procedural video page has one on neonatal circumcision
• OpenPediatrics has a newborn physical exam, which you can find easily on the NICU webpage for med students, as well as a new (as of 2021) Newborn Care Curriculum. Per their description: it is an interactive e-learning curriculum on newborn care and delivery room management. The modules compile available evidence and resources to provide practical knowledge for the practicing clinician. Each module was designed to stand alone and does not require prior knowledge from any of the other modules. Modules are intended to be used for self-study or for small-group learning.

If you would like to update the information on this page, email kathryn.wynne@umassmemorial.org