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Nursing the neonate.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.Edition: 2nd ed. / edited by Maggie Meeks, Maggie HallsworthDescription: xii, 364 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781405149747 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.9200231 22
LOC classification:
  • RJ245
NLM classification:
  • WY 157.3
Contents:
The evolution of neonatal care -- Obstetric issues relating to neonatal care -- Normal adaptation to the postnatal environment -- The neonatal environment and care of families -- The small baby -- Thermoregulation -- Fluids, electrolytes, and glucose -- Respiratory illness and ventilatory support -- Neonatal surgery -- Congenital conditions -- Cardiovascular pathology -- Nutrition of the term and preterm infant -- Neonatal stabilisation and transport -- Neonatal neurology -- The dying infant -- Infection in the term and preterm infant -- Haematology in the term and preterm neonate -- Developmental care -- Neonatal ethics -- Discharge planning and the community outreach service.
Summary: The contributors discuss the history of neonatal nursing and specialist units before moving on to look at the specific nursing problems which face neonatal nurses. Problems and issues are placed in a wider social, familial and cultural context.
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Previous ed.: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The evolution of neonatal care -- Obstetric issues relating to neonatal care -- Normal adaptation to the postnatal environment -- The neonatal environment and care of families -- The small baby -- Thermoregulation -- Fluids, electrolytes, and glucose -- Respiratory illness and ventilatory support -- Neonatal surgery -- Congenital conditions -- Cardiovascular pathology -- Nutrition of the term and preterm infant -- Neonatal stabilisation and transport -- Neonatal neurology -- The dying infant -- Infection in the term and preterm infant -- Haematology in the term and preterm neonate -- Developmental care -- Neonatal ethics -- Discharge planning and the community outreach service.

The contributors discuss the history of neonatal nursing and specialist units before moving on to look at the specific nursing problems which face neonatal nurses. Problems and issues are placed in a wider social, familial and cultural context.

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