Improving Medical and Developmental Outcomes of Preterm Neonates
A Training Series on Implementing
Developmental Care in the NICU
Observing, Interpreting, and Responding
to Preterm Infant Cues
Training Objectives:
1. The trainee will describe cues/behaviors that indicate a preterm
infant is likely unstable and/or disorganized.
2. The trainee will describe cues/behaviors that indicate a preterm
infant is likely stable and/or organized.
3. The trainee will list and describe physiological, facial, body, and
extremity cues that preterm infants may indicate which should assist in
guiding care.
4. The trainee will describe ways to modify care giving and/or positions
in order to support a preterm infant when there are signs of instability
and/or disorganization.
5. The trainee will describe how to time and pace various care-giving
procedures of preterm infants.