Fast Facts for the Neonatal Nurse - Care Essentials for Normal and High-risk Neonates

Written for novice neonatal nurses and those new to the NICU, this concise, easy-to-use resource delivers all the essentials of daily practice for the care of neonates and their families. Families experience dramatic transformations as roles develop and change during the newborn period. Throughout it all, they rely on the nurse’s expertise, support, and encouragement to learn to care for their child and meet the newborn’s most basic needs.

Fast Facts for the Neonatal Nurse, Second Edition begins with a streamlined yet comprehensive review of normal newborn characteristics. With this foundation, chapters walk through a variety of common and uncommon newborn physiological changes to enable the neonatal nurse to detect any possible complications that warrant additional assessment. This second edition provides more in-depth content on high-risk conditions to promote the safest, high-quality care to the entire neonatal patient population. Grounded in evidence-based practice, all chapters in this edition have been updated with the newest neonatal interventions and protocols.



New to the Second Edition:

Introduces a new "High Risk Care" feature specific to the needs of neonates with conditions that may warrant high risk or NICU settings

Contains THREE new chapters:

Introduction to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Management of Common NICU Complications

Neonatal Ethical Conflicts & Considerations

Key Features:

Provides essential information for new neonatal nurses in concise, consistent, easy-to-use format

Contains crucial knowledge for comprehensive, holistic care for both low-risk and high-risk neonates and their families in all settings

Presents only evidence-based practice recommendations

Includes such features as Fast Facts Boxes and tables with easy-to-read lab values to reinforce information

List of contents

Part I Newborn Physiology and Initial Newborn Exams, Assessments and Procedures

Chapter 1. Physiological Adaptations to Birth

Chapter 2. Initial Newborn Exam and Assessments

Chapter 3. Newborn Procedures



Part II Comprehensive Newborn Exam

Chapter 4. Comprehensive Review of History

Chapter 5. Newborn Examination



Part III Newborn Nutrition

Chapter 6. Nutritional Needs of Newborn

Chapter 7. Breastfeeding

Chapter 8. Common Physiological Breastfeeding Symptoms

Chapter 9. Formula and Feeding Infants with Special Needs



Part IV Common Neonatal Conditions and Infections

Chapter 10. Respiratory Alterations

Chapter 11. Common Neonatal Conditions

Chapter 12. Common Neonatal Infections



Part V High-Risk Neonatal Conditions

Chapter 13. Adverse Conditions in Very Preterm Neonates (Less than 32 Weeks)

Chapter 14. Long-term Sequela of Prematurity

Chapter 15. Conditions Affecting Fetal Growth

Chapter 16. Hematological Disorders

Chapter 17. Conditions Associated with Maternal Risk



Part VI Genetic and Congenital Disorders

Chapter 18. Genetic and Congenital Disorders

Chapter 19. Congenital Cardiac Defects and Critical Congenital Heart Defects

Chapter 20. Physically Apparent Birth Defects

Chapter 21. Underlying Birth Defects



Part VII The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Chapter 22. Introduction to the NICU

Chapter 23. Management of Common NICU Complications

Chapter 24. Neonatal Ethical Conflicts & Considerations



Part VII Discharge and Parent Teaching

Chapter 25. Discharge Teaching

Chapter 26. Newborn Care



Part VIII Promoting Healthy Families in the Community

Chapter 27. Home Environment

Chapter 28. Issues in the Home Environment

About the author

Michele R. Davidson, PhD, CNM, CFN, RN, is Associate Professor of Nursing and affiliate faculty member, Women's Studies Program, George Mason University.

Summary

Written for novice neonatal nurses and those new to the NICU, this concise, easy-to-use resource delivers all the essentials of daily practice for the care of neonates and their families. This second edition provides more in-depth content on high-risk conditions to promote the safest, high-quality care to the entire neonatal patient population.

Product details

• Authors: Michele R. Davidson, Michele R. CNM CFN RN Davidson
• Assisted by: Michele R. Davidson (Editor)
• Publisher: SPRINGER PUBLISHING CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780826184849
• ISBN: 978-0-8261-8484-9
• No. of pages: 275
• Series: Fast Facts
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General