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