What is Neonatal Care?
Neonate means newborn infant or first 28-30 days of life. Neonatal care means newborn infant care which is given from delivery till first 30 days of life. Role of Neonatal care Neonatal care is a specialized unit that takes care of all newborn babies. The neonatal care team role includes – · Assessment of newborn transition from mother’s womb to outside environment · Evaluation of normal and abnormal (if any like heart related or lungs etc) functioning. · Helps with bonding between parents and infant · Takes care of the infant in the absence of mother Different Levels of Neonatal Care (NICU) Neonatal care unit can be categorized into 4 care levels based on the requirement Level 1 -New-born Nursery Newborn nursery or transitional nursery is provided to all the newborns for them to adjust in the external world. Now a days all newborns are kept under an observation for couple of hours for assessment and evaluation before handing