Nursing Assessment of the
Newborn
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Gestational Age
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Neuromuscular maturity
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Physical maturity
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Significance
1
Neuro – resting posture, square window, recoil, popliteal angle, scarf sign, heel-to-ear, ankle dorsiflexion
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Physical – skin, lanugo, sole creases, areola, ear form and cartilage distribution, genitalia
3
Plan nursing interventions