Neonatal Care for Nurses and Midwives: Principles for Practice

Description:

Written by neonatal nurses and midwives for nurses and midwives, the 2^nd edition highlights the collaborative nature of neonatal care and the provision of individualised, developmentally and culturally appropriate, family-centred care.

Spanning all neonatal care levels and considerations, across special care baby units (SCBU) and neonatal intensive care units (NICU), the text comprehensively addresses newborn screening, resuscitation, interdisciplinary teamwork, retrievals and transport; stabilisation of the high-risk newborn; legal and ethical issues; care of the normal newborn and end-of-life care in the neonatal unit.

With an increased focus on the role of the midwife within the neonatal environment, the text is ideally suited to undergraduate nursing and midwifery students and as an introductory text for postgraduate neonatal intensive care specialisation.

New To This Edition:

 

• Increased focus on international data, evidence-based research and exemplars for the principles of best practice
• New chapters
  • Care of the normal newborn
  • Care of the neonate with congenital abnormality

Extensively revised content on neonatal nutrition and fluid management

 

Table Of Contents:

 

1.  Neonatal nursing: Global perspectives

2.  Care of the normal newborn

3.  Neonatal assessment

4.  Stabilisation and resuscitation of the newborn

5.  Nutrition and fluid management in the neonatal unit

6.  Care of the extremely low birthweight neonate

7.  Neonatal retrievals and transport

8.  Neonatal thermoregulation

9.  Care of the neonate with a respiratory disorder

10.  Care of the neonate with a cardiovascular disorder

11.  Care of the neonate with a haematological disorder

12.  Care of the neonate with a gastrointestinal disorder

13.  Care of the neonate with a neurological disorder

14.  Care of the neonate with a renal or genitourinary disorder

15.  Care of the neonate with a metabolic or endocrine disorder

16.  Care of the neonate with an Infection

17.  Care of the neonate with a congenital abnormality

18.  Neonatal pain management

19.  Neonatal skin and wound care

20.  Neonatal abstinence syndrome

21.  Family-centred care in the neonatal unit

22.  Developmentally focused neonatal care

23.  Legal and ethical Issues in the neonatal unit

24.  End of life care in the neonatal unit

25.  Discharge planning and follow-up care