Neonatal Nursing Care Handbook: An Evidence-Based Approach To Conditions And Procedures, 3rd Edition (EPUB)

By Carole Kenner PhD RN FAAN FNAP ANEF, Marina V. Boykova PhD RN
This benchmark handbook for neonatal nurse practitioners describes the most common conditions and procedures in an easy-to-access streamlined format. This thoroughly revised third edition continues to promote the foundational principles of evidence-based nursing practice worldwide, while taking the resources and requirements of different practice settings into account. It delivers updated information on trauma-informed care and offers new sections on parent perspectives about transition to home, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), and therapeutic hypothermia.
Designed with a logical organization, Neonatal Nursing Care Handbook, Third Edition features brief narratives and plentiful illustrations and charts. This quick reference is easily used by English-as-second-language nurses and can be conveniently stored in a pocket for on-the-go referral. Part I uses a systems approach to address management of disorders related to each body system. All chapters include a brief definition of the neonatal problem, followed by diagnostic tests and labs. Part II encompasses special care considerations such as nutrition, surgical care, and palliative care. Part III discusses widely seen procedures and diagnostic tests, complete with lab values. Appendices contain additional useful content on weights and temperatures, common abbreviations, and pertinent web resources.
New to the Third Edition:

Addresses trauma-informed care
Additional Content On:

Generalized nursing care regarding respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, and hematologic/immune systems
Bottle feeding
Oral/Nasogastric/Gastrointestinal Tube Feedings
Parent perspective on the transition home/primary care
High frequency ventilation and new techniques
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (NOW)
Total body cooling/therapeutic hypothermia

Key Features:

Written by neonatal nurses and other health professionals for neonatal nurses
Assists neonatal nurses in making sound clinical decisions
Provides streamlined, well-organized format for quick information retrieval
Written in brief narratives supported by illustrations, diagrams, and flow charts
Easily understandable to English-as-second-language nurses
Covers diagnostic tests and lab values and includes medication guide

Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Springer Publishing Company; 3rd edition (December 13, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Digital eBook ‏ : ‎ 700 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 082613548X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0826135483