The High-Risk Neonate, Part II: An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

by Verklan, M. Terese, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781437704655
• ISBN10: 1437704654
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: SAUNDERS W B CO

Summary

In the last issue of a two-part series devoted entirely to neonatal critical care nursing (also Guest Edited by Terese Verklan), topics include Retinopathy of Prematurity, the Near-Term Infant, endocrine issues including congenital adrenal hyperplasia and ambiguous genitalia, nutrition in the 1000g neonate, safety issues and issues of informed consent in the NICU, substance abuse, pain, ethics, and grieving and removal of life support from the parent's perspective.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
So, He's a Little Premature...What's the Big Deal?	p. 149
Patient Safety: Effective Interdisciplinary Teamwork Through Simulation and Debriefing in the Neonatal ICU	p. 163
Nutritional Support of Very Low Birth Weight Newborns	p. 181
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: An Endocrine Disorder with Neonatal Onset	p. 195
Retinopathy of Prematurity	p. 213
The Ten Commandments of Pain Assessment and Management in Preterm Neonates	p. 235
Living with Grief Following Removal of Infant Life Support: Parents' Perspectives	p. 253
When the Fetus is Alive but the Mother is Not: Critical Care Somatic Support as an Accepted Model of Care in the Twenty-First Century?	p. 267
When Neonatal ICU Infants Participate in Research: Special Protections for Special Subjects	p. 277
Index	p. 283
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