""Neonatal Nursing"" offers a systematic approach to the nursing care of the sick newborn baby. Nursing actions and responsibilities are the focus of the text with relevant research findings, clinical applications, anatomy, physiology and pathology provided where necessary. This comprehensive text covers all areas of neonatal nursing including ethics, continuing care in the community, intranatal care, statistics and pharmokinetics so that holistic care of the infant is described. This book should be of interest to neonatal nurses, paediatric nurses, midwives and students in these areas.
By:
Doreen Crawford, Maryke Morris Imprint: Nelson Thornes Ltd Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: 1994 ed. Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 646g ISBN:9780412487309 ISBN 10: 0412487306 Pages: 400 Publication Date:01 January 1994 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Neonatal care today.- Nursing models: suitable frameworks for care?.- Prenatal and intranatal care of the fetus, mother and father.- Resuscitation — flying squad transfer.- Nursing care of babies who are born too soon or too small.- Nursing care of a baby with a disorder of the gastrointestinal system.- Feeding low birth weight infants in today’s neonatal environment.- Nursing care of a baby with a disorder of the respiratory system.- Nursing care of a baby with a disorder of the cardiovascular system.- Infant neurology.- Nursing care of a baby in renal failure.- Neonatal infection.- Nursing care of a baby with jaundice.- Nursing care of a baby in pain and discomfort.- Enhancing Development in the Neonatal Unit.- Neonatal pharmacology.- Ethical issues in the neonatal unit.- Home oxygenation.- Infant statistics.