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