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COMPREHENSIVE NEONATAL CARE
Comprehensive Neonatal Care
An Interdisciplinary Approach
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Fourth Edition

By
Carole Kenner, DNS, RNC, FAAN, Dean and Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Nursing, Oklahoma City, OK
Judy Wright Lott, DSN, RNC, NNP, Professor and Dean, Louise Herrington School of Nursing, Baylor University, Dallas, TX

Description
Comprehensive Neonatal Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach provides a comprehensive physiologic and pathophysiologic approach to neonatal nursing management. Includes a complete physiologic and embryonic foundation for each neonatal system, as well as coverage of associated risk factors, genetics, critical periods of development, nutrition, and parenting.

Contents


Unit One: Systems Assessment and Management of Disorders


1. Respiratory System

2. Emerging Technology for Management of Respiratory Disorders

3. Cardiovascular System

4. Integumentary System

5. Gastrointestinal System

6. Metabolic System

7. Endocrine System

8. Genitourinary System

9. Immune System

10. Hematologic System

11. Musculoskeletal System

12. Neurologic System

13. Auditory System

14. Ophthalmic System



Unit Two: Special Considerations


15. Fluids, Electrolytes, Vitamins, and Trace Minerals

16. Neonatal and Infant Pharmacology

17. Pain in the Newborn and Infant

18. Fetal Therapy

19. Surgical Considerations in the Newborn and Infant



Unit Three: Vulnerable Populations


20. Newborn or Infant Transplant Patient

21. Substance-Exposed Newborn

22. Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infant



Unit Four: Environmental Health and Family Centered Care


23. Neurobehavioral Development

24. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Environment

25. Family: Essential Partner in Care



Unit Five: Beyond the NICU


26. Palliative and End-of-Life Care

27. When A Baby Dies: Caring for Bereaved Families

28. Complementary and Integrative Therapies

29. Post-Discharge Care of the Newborn and Infant



Unit Six: New Challenges in Neonatal Care


30. Trends in Neonatal Care Delivery

31. Electronic Medical Records and Technology

32. Impact of Genetics on Neonatal Care

33. Neonatal Research and Evidence-Based Practice

34. Legal and Ethical Issues in Neonatal Nursing

35. Competency-Based Education in Nursing



Unit Seven: Prenatal, Intrapartal, and Newborn Care


36. Fetal Development: Environmental Influences and Critical Periods

37. Prenatal, Antenatal, and Post-Partal Risk Factors

38. Resuscitation and Stabilization of the Newborn and Infant

39. Assessment of the Newborn and Infant



Appendices


Preconception and Pregnancy Risk Factors and Risk Reduction Strategies

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 768 pages, publication date: FEB-2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-2942-7
ISBN-10: 1-4160-2942-7
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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