This 'classic' has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the most up-to-date research findings and strategies for providing cost-effective and evidence-based care.

Table of Contents

• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Past Contributor to the Fourth Edition
• Foreword Linda S. Franck, PhD, RN, FRCPCH, FAAN
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Unit I: Prenatal Considerations and Care
• 1. Fetal Development: Environmental Influences and Critical Periods - Cindy M. Little
• 2. Prenatal, Intrapartal, and Postpartal Risk Factors - Beverly Bowers
• Unit II: Intrapartal and Newborn Care
• 3. Resuscitation and Stabilization of the Newborn and Infant - Gail A. Bagwell
• 4. Assessment of the Newborn and Infant - Terri A. Cavaliere and Debra A. Sansoucie
• 5. Normal Term Newborn - Cheryl Riley, Becky Spencer, and Lyn S. Prater
• Unit III: Systems Assessment and Management of Disorders
• 6. Respiratory System - Thomas D. Soltau and Waldemar A. Carlo
• 7. Cardiovascular System - Judy Wright Lott
• 8. Gastrointestinal System - Sheryl J. Montrowl
• 9. Metabolic System - Laura A. Stokowski
• 10. Endocrine System - Laura A. Stokowski
• 11. Immune System - Mary Beth Bodin
• 12. Integumentary System - Carolyn Houska Lund and Joanne McManus Kuller
• 13. Hematologic System - Gail A. Bagwell
• 14. Musculoskeletal System - Joyce M. Butler and Beth Mullins
• 15. Neurologic System - Georgia R. Ditzenberger and Susan Tucker Blackburn
• 16. Auditory System - Kathleen Haubrich
• 17. Ophthalmic System - Lori Baas Rubarth and Debra M. Parker
• 18. Genitourinary System - Leslie A. Parker
• Unit IV: Special Considerations
• 19. Fluids, Electrolytes, Vitamins, and Minerals - Sergio DeMarini and Linda L. Rath
• 20. Nutrition Management of Premature Infants - Diane M. Anderson
• 21. Neonatal and Infant Pharmacology - Beth Shields
• 22. Emerging Technologies in Neonatal Care: Health Care Simulation for Neonatal Care - Jennifer Arnold
• 23. Pain in the Newborn and Infant - Marlene Walden
• 24. Fetal Therapy - Jody A. Farrell
• 25. Surgical Considerations in the Newborn and Infant - Kaye Spence
• 26. Emerging Infections - Kathryn R. McLean
• Unit V: Vulnerable Populations
• 27. Newborn or Infant Transplant Patient - Linda MacKenna Ikuta and Kathleen P. Juco
• 28. Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight (ELBW) Infant - Shahirose S. Premji
• 29. The Late Preterm Infant - Maureen F. McCourt
• Unit VI: Environmental Health and Family-Centered Care in the NICU and Beyond
• 30. Neurobehavioral Development - Diane Holditch-Davis and Susan Tucker Blackburn
• 31. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Environment - Leslie Altimier and Robert D. White
• 32. Family: Essential Partner in Care - Jacqueline M. McGrath
• 33. Palliative and End-of-Life Care - Carole Kenner
• 34. Complementary and Integrative Therapies - Nadine A. Kassity-Krich and Jamieson E. Jones
• 35. Postdischarge Care of the Newborn, Infant, and Families - Marina Boykova, Carole Kenner, and Susan Ellerbee
• Unit VII: Neonatal Care in the New Millennium: Challenges and Opportunities
• 36. Trends in Neonatal Care Delivery - Carole Kenner and Jana L. Pressler
• 37. Neonatal Care Using Informatics - Susan K. Newbold, Willa H. Drummond, and Tony C. Carnes
• 38. Human Genetics and Genomics: Impact on Neonatal Care - Judith A. Lewis
• 39. Trends in Neonatal Research and Evidence-Based Practice - Lynda Law Wilson and Kathleen R. Stevens
• 40. Legal and Ethical Issues in Neonatal Care - Tanya Sudia-Robinson
• 41. Neonatal Care From a Global Perspective - Carole Kenner and Marina Boykova
• 42. Competency-Based Education and Continued Competency - Debra A. Sansoucie
• Unit VIII: Neonatal Diagnostic and Care Protocols
• I Diagnostic Processes - Samual Mooneyham
• II Developmental Care for the Sick and Preterm Infant - Caitlin Bradley and Rachel Ritter
• III Neonatal Transport - Dorothy M. Mullaney
• IV Introduction to Vascular Access - Elizabeth L. Sharpe
• V Age-Appropriate Care of the Premature and Hospitalized Infant - Mary E. Coughlin
• VI Competency Education in the NICU - Wakako Eklund
• VII Transfusion Guidelines - Gail A. Bagwell
• VIII Management of Jaundice in the Newborn Nursery - Gail A. Bagwell
• IX Newborn Whole-Body Cooling Protocol - Georgia R. Ditzenberger and Susan Tucker Blackburn
• Appendix A: Neonatal Nurses and Interconception Care - Merry K. Moos
• Appendix B: Conversion Table to Standard International (SI) Units
• Appendix C: Frequently Used Reference Values and Conversions