Identify newborns at high risk for complications based on prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal risk factors and determine the need for prompt stabilization and monitoring.

Perform a comprehensive initial assessment of high-risk newborns, including thermoregulation, respiratory, cardiovascular, nutritional, metabolic, infectious, and neurologic evaluation.

Apply evidence-based interventions to stabilize high-risk newborns, including management of hypothermia, respiratory distress, hypoglycemia, circulatory compromise, and feeding or fluid requirements.

Recognize risk factors, clinical signs, and diagnostic findings associated with neonatal infection, hyperbilirubinemia, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), and neonatal seizures, and initiate appropriate treatment strategies.

Develop ongoing management and transfer plans for high-risk newborns based on clinical assessment findings, treatment priorities, and resource availability.