[Newborn care in the delivery room]. / L'accueil du nouveau-né en salle de naissance.

The arrival of a newborn in the delivery room is a precious and unique moment which caregivers support by seeing to the comfort and wellbeing of the baby and his or her parents. Developmental care is introduced early, skin-to-skin contact is favoured and invasive treatment is only performed if strictly necessary. At the same time, the teams are ready to intervene in the event of a complication.

[The midwife-child health nurse collaboration, a link between the maternity unit and neonatology]. / La collaboration sage-femme infirmière puéricultrice, un lien entre la maternité et la néonatologie.

Collaborative work forms part of the well-treatment and improvement of quality of care approach. It is also of benefit to the medical and paramedical teams. Within the parent-child unit of Libourne hospital, the midwife and child health nurse collaborate throughout the pregnancy, and especially during the post-partum period. The teams work together notably around the care of "high-risk" births and in particular when the newborn is hospitalised in a kangaroo care unit.