Newborn Care in Hospitals

Scenes showcasing healthcare professionals caring for newborns, including administering vitamin K and nurturing premature babies.

Nurse and premature baby

Midwife giving a newborn baby vitamin K. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Limoges hospital, France.

Nurse and premature baby

A mother participates in the care of her premature newborn baby.

Hands, mother and newborn baby in hospital, sleep or connection with love, bonding or rest for recovery. Woman, mom and infant child on due date for delivery with touch, health and wellness at clinic

Reportage in the level 2, neonatology service in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. Weighing a premature baby.

Newborn Baby Holds Dad's Finger on Warming Table

Reportage in the level 2, neonatology service in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. A full-term baby showing heart beat irregularities is monitored.

Neonatology: a mother takes her baby skin to skin for long hours.

Photo essay with an Emergency Medical Service team of Pontoise hospital (France). Pediatric emergency. A newborn child has breathing difficulties. The Emergency Medical Service team intervenes in the maternity then transfers the newborn child to another hospital.

Level 2 neonatal unit hospital, Haute-Savoie, France, auxiliary nurse takes a newborn babys temperature. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Pediatrician examining a premature newborn baby. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

Weighing of a baby born prematurely by a midwife in a hospital center.

A mother participates in the care of her premature newborn baby.

Photo essay with an Emergency Medical Service team of Pontoise hospital (France). Pediatric emergency. A newborn child has breathing difficulties. The Emergency Medical Service team intervenes in the hospital then transfers the newborn child to another hospital.

Newborn baby breastfeeding.

Reportage in the neonatal unit of Robert-Debré hospital in Paris, France. Doctor.

Reportage on a midwife in Lyon, France. Examining a 2-week old babys hips and pelvis.

Premature newborn baby placed under respiratory assistance. Neonatalogy department, Robert Debré hospital, Paris, France.

Reportage in a mobile functional exploration unit. A nurse intervenes in a neonatal service to carry out a check-up EEG on some premature babies. The EEG enables the development of the brain to be monitored. An extremely preterm baby, born at 25 weeks of amenorrhea.

Bronchiolitis epidemic in a hospital pediatric ward.

Maternity clinic.

Reportage in the level 2, neonatology service in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. A premature baby is monitored until it reaches full-term. A nurse settles it in its bed.

Bronchiolitis epidemic in a hospital pediatric ward.

Infant in resuscitation for treatment of bronchiolitis in a hospital pediatric emergency department.

Reportage in a level 2 neonatal unit in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France.

Reportage alongside Sonia Rochel, a pediatric nursing assistant in Paris, France, who has developed a unique approach to bathing : Thalasso Baby Bath (TBB). After the bath, Sonia massages Gabriel who is 1 month old.

Pediatrician puts a premature newborn baby in fetal position to relax him. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

2 years old baby undergoing deafness screening test with the method of the auditory evoked potentials (AEP) which analyzes the electrical activity of the auditory nerve sensed by 3 surface electrods.

Newborn baby being given oxygen.

After the bath, the newborn is carefully dried. Infant toilet.

Pediatrician examining a newborn baby Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France

Reportage in a level 2 neonatal unit in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. An auxiliary nurse takes a newborn babys temperature.

Baby Crying on Hospital Table While Getting Vaccines

Reportage in the level 2, neonatology service in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. A premature baby is monitored until it reaches full-term.

Nurse holding newborn baby

Woman with sleeping newborn baby in hospital

Reportage at the maternity clinic. In the delivery room, skin to skin contact and first attempt at breast-feeding.

Reportage in the level 2, neonatology service in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. A premature baby is monitored until it reaches full-term.

Bronchiolitis epidemic in pediatric wards of a hospital.

Newborn baby held by a nurse.

Newborn Baby Cries on Table Being Weighed in Hospital Room

Bronchiolitis epidemic in pediatric wards of a hospital.

The pediatrician checks the newborn's heart rate.

Baby affected by a bronchiolitis, hospitalized in the pediatric department of Angoulême hospital, France, Here tube feeding.

Premature Baby in an Incubator

After checking the water temperature, the newborn is bathed. Infant toilet by a childcare assistant. Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, Lille.

Premature newborn baby placed under respiratory assistance, mother putting her hands over her baby to quiet. Neonatalogy department, Robert Debré hospital, Paris, France.

Reportage in the iLumens laboratory, during a day dedicated to ongoing training for midwives and obstetrician gynecologists, on the theme of resuscitation in the birthing room. The iLumens lab (University Lab for Medical Teaching using Digital and Simulation Technologies) is in Paris Descartes University and organises initial, specialised and ongoing training for all health care professionals.

Newborn baby laying in bassinet in hospital

Bronchiolitis epidemic in a hospital pediatric ward.

Close up of woman lying in hospital bed, holding newborn baby.

Woman lying in hospital bed, holding newborn baby.

Two days old newborn baby.

Reportage on a midwife in Lyon, France. Swaddling a 7-day old baby.

Bronchiolitis epidemic in a hospital pediatric ward.

A nurse cares for twins born prematurely in a hospital.

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Photo essay at the maternity of Saint Maurice hospital in France. Birth of premature twins. The twins placed in incubator are taken to the labor ward before going to the department of neonatology.

Reportage at the maternity clinic. After 6 hours labour, Lwan is born.

Nurse examining newborn in incubator

Midwife giving vitamin K to a newborn baby. Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France.

Bronchiolitis epidemic in pediatric wards of a hospital.

Weighing of a newborn born prematurely on a scale in a hospital center.

Neonatology service. Childcare nurse feeding a premature baby using a probe. She stimulates the sucking reflex with her finger in the premature baby's mouth.

Newborn baby laying in bassinet in hospital

Reportage on Maureen during her second pregnancy. Vaginal birth in the Santa Maria Clinic in Nice, France. Skin-to-skin contact just after the birth.

Bronchiolitis epidemic in a hospital pediatric ward.

Reportage in the neonatal unit of Robert-Debré hospital in Paris, France. Mouth care.

Close-up of a mother breastfeeding her prematurely born newborn baby.

A mother and child in hospital at the time of a bronchiolitis outbreak.

Enteral feeding premature newborn baby with tube-feeding. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

Fundamental control performed on a premature baby by a nurse.

Reportage in the neonatal unit of Robert-Debré hospital in Paris, France. Examination by a pediatrician.

A mother participates in the care of her premature newborn baby.

A nurse bottle-feeds a premature baby in an incubator.

The feet of newborn twins in an incubator.

Little girl touching newborn baby feet at hospital bed

Newborn, crying and cleft palate with cleaning, mom and bed with parent, sick and frustrated. Medical issue, syndrome and home bedroom for healthcare, childcare and mouth for baby, pain and sadness

Consultation of an 18-day-old girl at the Guise medical center in Picardy.

Report at the maternity hospital in Abbeville, department of the Somme. Birth of twins by cesarean section. The twins placed in the incubator are taken to the treatment room so that the pediatrician, the pediatric nurse, the nurse, the midwife carry out clinical examinations of the newborn before finding the dad for a skin-to-skin session.

Female nurse examining a newborn baby with a stethoscope

A nurse gives the first bath of a newborn boy

A new father tenderly cares for his premature infant though incubator walls openings at Boston's Childrens Hospital (MR)

Birth of twins by cesarean section. The twins placed in the incubator are taken to the treatment room so that the pediatrician, the pediatric nurse, the nurse, the midwife carry out clinical examinations of the newborn before finding the dad for a skin-to-skin session.

Premature baby at the intensive care, sleeping

Newborn baby. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Limoges hospital, France.

Report at the maternity hospital in Abbeville, department of the Somme. Birth of twins by cesarean section. The twins placed in the incubator are taken to the treatment room so that the pediatrician, the pediatric nurse, the nurse, the midwife carry out clinical examinations of the newborn before finding the dad for a skin-to-skin session.

The pediatrician checks the newborn's heart rate. Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, Lille.

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Mother and newborn baby. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

Baby in an incubator at Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine, Florida

Hospital. Maternity. Drops of the newborn's blood, taken from his heel, are placed on a name card for analysis on the detection of rare diseases such as cystic fibrosis.Editorial Only

Birth of twins by cesarean section. The twins placed in the incubator are taken to the treatment room so that the pediatrician, the pediatric nurse, the nurse, the midwife carry out clinical examinations of the newborn before finding the dad for a skin-to-skin session.

The pediatrician checks the newborn's heart rate.

Midwife measuring the bilirubin level in a newborn using a bilirubinometer.

Mother with her premature newborn baby at a pediatric intensive care unit. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

General anesthesia of a child in the operating room.

Midwife taking care of a newborn baby. Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France.

Newborn baby girl sleeps in incubator in hospital room

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