Addresses the physical, physiologic, neurologic, and behavioral implications of a thorough assessment, and explains how healthcare providers can reduce the risks associated with the transition to extrauterine life and the neonatal period.

Principles of physical assessment / Mary Ellen Honeyfield -- Recording and evaluating the neonatal history / Kimberly Horns LaBronte -- Gestational age assessment / Carol Wiltgen Trotter -- Skin assessment / Catherine Witt -- Head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and neck assessment / Patricia J. Johnson -- Chest and lungs assessment / Debbie Fraser -- Cardiovascular assessment / Lyn Vargo -- Abdomen assessment / Martha Goodwin -- Genitourinary assessment / Terri A. Cavaliere -- Musculoskeletal system assessment / Ellen P. Tappero -- Neurologic assessment / Pamela Dillon Heaberlin -- Behavioral assessment / Jacqueline McGrath, Dorothy Vittner -- Assessment of the dysmorphic infant / Michelle Bennett, Susan R. Meier -- Pain assessment in the newborn / Marlene Walden, Carol Turnage Spruill -- Assessment of the in utero substance exposed newborn / Carol Wallman.