Introduction: The skin to skin method in the care of newborn has the crucial importance in his postnatal adaptation. In the article we characterize adduced method and point out to the possitive influence of early skin to skin contact on postnatal adaptation of physiological newborn. Aim: The aim of the paper is to point out to benefits of incorporating the skin to skin method into the standard nursing care of newborn. Methods: To obtain the empirical data, we used the method of observation and measurement to monitor pulse, body temperature and self-latching in the control group of physiological newborns using the skin to skin method. In the control group the care of newborn was provided with the standard nursing procedure. We recorded the selected indicators in the observation sheets and then compared them. Results: The study included 90 respondents, physiological newborns. The results point out to better postnatal adaptation of physiological newborns using the skin to skin method. From the average pulse values ensue that the newborns treated with the skin to skin method have lower values of pulse during the whole monitoring process than the newborn treated by the standard method. The average body temperature values on the back of skin to skin newborns are higher throughout the whole time period. Conclusion: Based on the comparison we have confirmed our assumption that the physiological newborn in skin to skin contact has more favourable values in the selected monitoring indicators than the newborn treated with the standard care method and because of that we recommend incorporating this method into the standard nursing care of newborn.

Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku Fakulta zdravotníctva Katedra ošetrovateľstva

Postnatal adaptation of the newborn in skin to skin contact

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