Taking care of the newborn involves bathing, breastfeeding, immunization, newborn screening, care for the umbilical stump, amongst others. It was observed that dressing of the umbilical stump and bathing were items that most concerned women. Caring for a newborn means aiding him/her to overcome the most vulnerable stage of human life when the intrauterine life to extra uterine transition occurs. Nursing staff must work on mother and child together, as from birth they both part of each other’s lives [20].