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Neonatal Nursing & The Synactive Theory of Infant Development

Attention/Interaction

  • Infants level of alertness
  • Indicates when infant is ready to interact
  • Stress signs:
  • increased irritability

By: Yasmine Bell

Neonatal Nursing

  • Neonatal nurses work with premature & newborn infants
  • Average Yearly Salary: $45,000-$48,000

5 Major Parts:

Motor

1. Motor

2. Autonomic

3. States

4. Attention/ Interaction

5. Self-Regulatory Behaviors

  • Infants ability to control posture & muscle tone
  • Signs of stress:
  • Finger splays
  • Frantic movements
  • Restlessness

Autonomic

States

What is it?

  • Where basic vital functions are controlled
  • Stress Signs:
  • Color changes in infant
  • Sneezing
  • Hiccups
  • Yawning
  • Where states of consciousness are observed
  • How easily an infant transitions from being awake to sleeping
  • Signs of stress:
  • Glassy-eyed
  • Gaze aversion
  • Extreme Irritability
  • A theory created by Heidelise Als
  • Aims to mimic life inside of womb, while in an intensive care unit
  • Used to help identify stress in an infant

Self-Regulatory Behaviors

Who is Heidelise als?

  • A researcher & clinician
  • Focuses her research on the behaviors of newborn infants
  • Infant's ability to manage & cope with stress
  • Example:
  • Hand-to-mouth motions
  • Hand grasping

Image by Tom Mooring

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