Advanced Newborn Nursery is a hospital based pediatric rotation that utilizes Bronson Children's Hospital Normal Newborn Nursery and Borgess Well Baby Nursery as its two clinical sites. These centers are the Level 1 Nursery referral centers in Southwest Michigan. Fourth year students who have successfully completed all Year 3 required clerkships are eligible to register for this course. During this rotation, students will focus on the development of patient management skills in the care of normal newborns as they assume primary responsibility for patient care.

Faculty for this rotation are the Bronson Children's Hospital Pediatric Referral Service and the Borgess Hospital Normal Newborn Service.

1. Take primary responsibility for their newborn patients

2. Perform focused histories, physicals, and communicate orally and in writing appropriately.

3. Share information effectively with parents, families and care providers.

4. Prioritize and organize work effectively

5. Anticipate what newborns will need during the course of hospitalization (i.e. when they need to be re-examined, when a lab needs to be repeated, when additional therapy is necessary, when additional history needs to be obtained, discharge criteria) and communicating this information effectively in hand-overs

6. Re-evaluate newborns when taking on their care (i.e. the assessment and plan, as well as the clinical status and looking further when the clinical picture is not consistent with the expected course)

7. Coping with uncertainty in newborn care issues (i.e. knowing what you know and what you do not know, accessing best resources, and knowing when and how to get help)

8. Function as a "team player" with families, residents, attendings, nurses, ancillary staff and all others involved in the care of the newborn.

9. Coordinate the care of newborns during hospitalization and in planning for discharge