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02 February 2020

Volume 28 | Issue 2

ISSN (Print): 0969-4900

ISSN (Online): 2052-4307

Exploring the experiences of student midwives completing the newborn infant physical examination

The newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) is a screening programme delivered by Public Health England ([PHE], 2019), consisting of screening of the eyes, heart, hips, and testes (in male infants), as part of a holistic physical examination of the newborn and infant The NIPE is carried out by specially trained medical practitioners, nurses, health visitors and midwives following completion of a university-accredited programme of study (PHE, 2019)

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