need for an operThe Power of the Warmth Touch In the last two and a half year nursing school has been part of my life, with its difficulties and special experiences at the same time. However, this semester I was introduced to the subject of Nursing of the Childbearing Family Maternity. Our obstetrical clinical rotation was held in unit two Webber North at the DMC Hutzel Women’s Hospital in downtown Detroit for a total of six weeks. Every clinical day offered many great learning experiences for me. It allowed me the opportunity to develop my knowledge and further sharpen my skills. The lectures provided by the professor in class, and information from the book, along with the real case scenarios from our clinical rotations have definitely prepared
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H “Next to the establishment of the respiration, thermoregulation is most critical to the newborn’s survival rate” (2015, p. 244). Newborns are predisposed to develop hypothermia because of a large body surface area (BSA), blood vessels are close to the skin, and thin layer of subcutaneous fatty tissues. Heat loss in newborns can occur after birth through evaporation, radiation, conduction and convection. Hypothermia can be prevented by doing something as simple as putting the baby to the mother’s chest immediately after birth and covering them both with a sheet until the first feeding is incited. The mother’s chest is the perfect place for the newborn to be after birth rather than the warmer. unit. As discussed in class, this is because the temperature of the mother’s chest increases to warm a hypothermic baby and decreases to cool down a hyperthermic infant. According to the British Journal of Midwifery “Skin-to-skin contact or Kangaroo is the most effective method of active warming, whereby the newborn is positioned in an upright position, between its mother’s breasts, wearing only a nappy and a hat” (2014, p.560). Therefore, conserving the newborn’s body heat is an important nursing …show more content…
Promoting skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth facilitates breastfeeding in newborns. Based on Association of Women 's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) “Research during the past 30 years has found many benefits of skin-to-skin contact between mothers and newborns immediately after birth, particularly with aiding breastfeeding” (Mack. K, 2014). Human beings have the ability to breastfeed their offspring. Breastmilk is considered the ideal food for human infants. Initiating skin-to-skin contact in the first hours reduces the infant’s stress caused by birth. The infant’s anxiety is relieved by hearing his mother voice, feeling her touch and feeling the warmth of her body. This calming effect results in the infant being more relaxed and more apt to initiation of breastfeeding. Furthermore, the newborn is born with instinctive reflexes such as the sucking and rooting. In addition, skin-to-skin contact with the mother immediately after birth matures these reflexes even further. Also, on the other hand, skin-to-skin contact with the infant enhances the production of oxytocin by the
H “Next to the establishment of the respiration, thermoregulation is most critical to the newborn’s survival rate” (2015, p. 244). Newborns are predisposed to develop hypothermia because of a large body surface area (BSA), blood vessels are close to the skin, and thin layer of subcutaneous fatty tissues. Heat loss in newborns can occur after birth through evaporation, radiation, conduction and convection. Hypothermia can be prevented by doing something as simple as putting the baby to the mother’s chest immediately after birth and covering them both with a sheet until the first feeding is incited. The mother’s chest is the perfect place for the newborn to be after birth rather than the warmer. unit. As discussed in class, this is because the temperature of the mother’s chest increases to warm a hypothermic baby and decreases to cool down a hyperthermic infant. According to the British Journal of Midwifery “Skin-to-skin contact or Kangaroo is the most effective method of active warming, whereby the newborn is positioned in an upright position, between its mother’s breasts, wearing only a nappy and a hat” (2014, p.560). Therefore, conserving the newborn’s body heat is an important nursing …show more content…
Promoting skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth facilitates breastfeeding in newborns. Based on Association of Women 's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) “Research during the past 30 years has found many benefits of skin-to-skin contact between mothers and newborns immediately after birth, particularly with aiding breastfeeding” (Mack. K, 2014). Human beings have the ability to breastfeed their offspring. Breastmilk is considered the ideal food for human infants. Initiating skin-to-skin contact in the first hours reduces the infant’s stress caused by birth. The infant’s anxiety is relieved by hearing his mother voice, feeling her touch and feeling the warmth of her body. This calming effect results in the infant being more relaxed and more apt to initiation of breastfeeding. Furthermore, the newborn is born with instinctive reflexes such as the sucking and rooting. In addition, skin-to-skin contact with the mother immediately after birth matures these reflexes even further. Also, on the other hand, skin-to-skin contact with the infant enhances the production of oxytocin by the