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    The document provides a procedure checklist for performing kangaroo mother care, which involves skin-to-skin contact between a mother and newborn to provide warmth and support extrauterine transition. It lists the necessary materials, special considerations for those providing care, and step-by-step instructions for correctly positioning and securing the newborn to the mother's chest. Performance is evaluated based on a grading scale from 1 to 5.

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    The document provides a procedure checklist for performing kangaroo mother care, which involves skin-to-skin contact between a mother and newborn to provide warmth and support extrauterine transition. It lists the necessary materials, special considerations for those providing care, and step-by-step instructions for correctly positioning and securing the newborn to the mother's chest. Performance is evaluated based on a grading scale from 1 to 5.

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    Kangaroo Mother Care

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    Republic of the Philippines

    CAMARINES SUR POLYTECHNIC COLLEGES


    Nabua, Camarines Sur
    COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

    Name of Student: __________________________________ Grade: ________________

    Year and Section: __________________________________ Date: _________________

    PROCEDURE CHECKLIST

    KANGAROO MOTHER CARE METHOD

    Instruction: Below is the grading scale which will be used in rating your performance.
    5 - Excellent - 95-100
    4 - Very Satisfactory - 88-94
    3 - Satisfactory - 82-87
    2 - Fair - 76-81
    1 - Needs Practice - 70-75

    Definition: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) has been scientifically proven to be a cost-
    efficient intervention in saving newborn lives, particularly for the PT/LBW population.
    KMC Method is to avoid disrupting the mother-immature infant dyad by placing mother
    and infant in the least stressful position possible and supporting the transition to extra
    uterine life.

    Materials:
     Front open gown
     Kangaroo binders “kangacarrier”
     Soft clean cotton fabric

    Special Considerations (Position providers must be free of the following conditions):

    • Contagious rash or skin lesions


    • Fever
    • Non controlled epilepsy
    • Not controlled mental illness
    • Morbid obesity
    • Tired mother or mother under sedative drugs or in the recovery process from
    general anesthesia (the supervision of the mother must not be delegated to the
    family).

    Procedures

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    CAMARINES SUR POLYTECHNIC COLLEGES
    Nabua, Camarines Sur
    COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

    Preparation/Procedure 5 4 3 2 1 Remarks
    1. Prepare articles completely.
    1. 2. Explain procedure.
    3. Perform hand hygiene, and observe other
    appropriate infection control procedures.
    4. Provide for privacy.
    5. The mother should stand in upright
    position
    Either the health care worker or any family
    members should do the following thing to
    advice by supporting the newborns buttocks
    and head
    6. Place the newborn between the mother’s
    bare breast in an upright position.
    7. Bend the newborn’s hip slightly outward,
    keeping the newborn’s arm above the
    mother’s breast, legs below the mothers
    breast and abdomen on chest of the mother.
    8. Turn the newborn’s head to one side,
    slightly extended or in a slightly upturned
    position to help ease his breathing and to
    allow eye-to-eye contact between mother and
    newborn.
    9. Before wrapping with a cloth, cover the
    newborns with a blanket if the room is cold.
    Wrap the cloth around the newborns and
    mother’s chest and abdomen. Make sure the
    center of the cloth is on the newborns and
    should pass the armpits of the mother cross at
    the back.
    10. Bring the edges of the cloth in the front.
    11. Secure the edges of the cloth with a safe
    knot at newborns bottom.
    Removing wrap cloth
    1. Advice mother to sit upright position
    2. Start untying the knot with one hand and
    support the newborns bottom with the
    other hand on the outside of wrap cloth
    3. Loosen the wrap cloth same hand which
    was used for untying the knot.
    4. Shift the hand under the cloth supporting
    the newborns buttocks and use the other
    hand support from the outside of the

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    Nabua, Camarines Sur
    COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

    cloth.
    5. Lift the newborns up and free hold from
    wrap cloth. Hold the newborns head and
    bottom.
    Elastic support/binder
    1. Adjust the edge of elastic support to
    support the newborns head and tilt the
    newborns head lightly to breath freely
    2. Advice to make eye to eye contact.
    3. Check the elastic support, note that it
    should not too loose or too tight
    4. Record.

    Remarks:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________

    Date/Time: __________________ Clinical Instructor/Facilitator: _______________

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