Medically High Risk Newborns (MHRN)
(714) 834-8207
Provides comprehensive nursing case management services to medically fragile infants until they are 36 months of age. The goals are to promote optimum growth and development; demonstrated parenting skills of caregivers with infants with special needs, and supportive family dynamics that promote attachment. Funded through a grant from the Children and Families Commission of Orange County, the program provides continuing growth and development assessment, parental education and assistance in accessing necessary health services for high-risk infants.
Services Include
Physical, developmental and nutritional assessments
Safety assessments
Parent/child interactions
Problem identification
Health teaching
Case management and follow-up
Referrals to community resources
Program Description
State funded program
Eligible high risk infants from birth to 36 months residing in Orange County
High Risk Criteria
Graduate of a Bridges Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Born or discharged from a Bridges Hospital
Enrollment must take place within 90 days of discharge
Be at risk for developmental delays based on one or more of the medical eligibility criteria
The Goals
To prevent or minimize developmental disabilities or delays
To provide, decrease and coordinate a delivery system to reduce the incidence of infant mortality and the impact of potentially disabling conditions
To enhance school readiness
Demonstrate parenting skills of caregivers with infants with special needs
Supportive family dynamics that promote attachment
