PEDI 710C Community Newborn Adventist

Credits: 2
The goal of this elective is to expose students to the care of newborns from birth to discharge in a community hospital nursery. They will have the opportunity to participate in the care of infants at delivery and to learn to differentiate a well baby from one in need of resuscitative efforts. They will obtain maternal histories, perform newborn exams and help develop treatment plans for well and mildly ill newborns. Students will learn about common newborn conditions such as jaundice, hypoglycemia, respiratory distress, neonatal infections as well as common normal findings in newborns. They will also learn to identify and stabilize newborns that require transport by PANDA to OHSU NICU for higher level of care. About Adventist Health Center Family Birth Place: Adventist is a community hospital with a level 1/2 nursery. Thankfully, most infants are healthy after delivery but some will require short term treatments such as high-flow nasal cannula, IV fluids, gavage feeds or phototherapy. TeleNICU is available to provide consultation for high-risk deliveries or ill infants. The care teams at Adventist include OHSU pediatricians, RN’s, RT’s and lactation consultants.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit