This customizable document, Rooming-in Infants, is taken from MCN Healthcare's Postpartum Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry's leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Rooming-in Infants:

	POLICY: Mother desiring to keep the infant in her room will have assistance from Nursing to: Provide safe care and continued monitoring of the infant Encourage the immediate beginning of a family relationship Assist parents in learning to care for their newborn infant Criteria: Infant is stable Mother is alert, oriented, stable and mobile Oxygen and suction are available in room PROCEDURE: Staff determines that infant is stable. Rooming-in is done on a 24-hour basis. These hours may be modified due to physician or mother's request. Open crib is equipped with: Alcohol preps ...
Second excerpt:
	...and blankets, as needed The crib is restocked at the end of each shift. Infant is taken to mother's room in open crib where mother is instructed in use of the bulb syringe, infant feeding/handling, drawer contents and use of call light. Infant rounds are made by assigned Nursery and Postpartum nurses hourly or as needed. Routine Nursery care is to be done at the mother's bedside, i.e., vital signs, documentation. Mothers will be instructed on baby safety; never to leave baby alone in...