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Glucose Monitoring, Healthy Newborn — Prevent Hypoglycemia — Clinical Pathway: Inpatient

Glucose Monitoring in the Healthy Newborn Clinical Pathway — Inpatient

Prevent Hypoglycemia

Warm
  • Dry infant well after birth
  • Initiate skin to skin for minimum 1 hour following delivery
  • Consider use of hat
Initiate Early Feeds
  • Initiate feeds as soon as infant is ready, ideally within 30-60 minutes of life
  • Support parent’s feeding choice
  • Colostrum (preferred), or infant formula, avoid dextrose water
  • Feed at least every 3 hours, more frequently if demand
  • Early lactation support, encourage parent to look for feeding cues

 

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