Neonatal Intensive Care NursingGlenys Boxwell (Connolly) Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition of Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing is a comprehensive, evidence-based text for nurses and midwives caring for sick newborn babies. Written by and for nurses, it concentrates on the common problems occurring within the neonatal intensive care unit. This user-friendly text will enable nurses to recognise, rationalise and remedy these problems using both a multi-systems and an evidence-based approach. Individual chapters include: Professional Development • Developmentally-focused Nursing Care • Resuscitation of the Newborn • Management of Thermal Stability • Management of Respiratory Disorders • Cardiovascular Management • Brain Injury in the Preterm Infant • Haematological Problems • Pain Management • Fluid and Electrolyte Balance • Nutritional management • Neonatal Infection • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures • Neonatal Anaesthesia • Surgical Aspects of Neonatal Intensive Care • Neonatal Transport • Family Support • Ethics and Neonatal Nursing • Medication in the Newborn • Death and Dying in the Neonatal Unit It is essential reading for experienced nurses and midwives caring for sick newborn babies within the neonatal intensive care unit, for nurses undertaking qualifications in the specialism of neonatal nursing and for pre-registration students undertaking relevant modules or placements. |
Contents
List of figures xv | |
Acknowledgements 361 | |
Exploring Evidencebased Practice EBP in Neonatal Care | |
Communication 54 | |
Introduction 17 | |
Introduction 41 | |
Signs of parental stress and coping 48 | |
Introduction 66 | |
Investigations 165 | |
Management of the infected newborn 317 | |
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance | |
Metronidazole 322 | |
Case studies 224 | |
Blood sampling 334 | |
Peripheral artery cannulation 339 | |
Umbilical vessel catheterisation 345 | |
Meconium stained liquor 78 | |
Embryology 88 | |
Thermoneutrality 92 | |
Neonatal cold injury 98 | |
Meconium stained liquor 101 | |
Heated waterfilled mattresses 107 | |
Fetal lung fluid and fetal breathing movements 123 | |
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn 131 | |
Assist control ventilation AC 142 | |
Introduction 154 | |
Cardiac cycle 160 | |
Introduction 88 | |
Hypothermia for neuroprotection 194 | |
Conclusion 110 | |
References 202 | |
Other causes of jaundice 207 | |
Sources of vitamin K 217 | |
Fentanyl 373 | |
Embryological development 256 | |
Fluid requirements 262 | |
Management of hypoglycaemia 267 | |
Nutritional Management of the Infant in NICU | |
Requirements 287 | |
Conclusion 224 | |
References 111 | |
Late onset and nosocomial infection 306 | |
Signs of neonatal sepsis 311 | |
Urine sample collection 351 | |
DEE BERESFORD AND GLENYS CONNOLLY 255 | |
Transfer to the operating theatre 370 | |
Remifentanil 374 | |
Fluid therapy 377 | |
Equipment for maintenance of body temperature 382 | |
Pulse oximetry 385 | |
Case study 388 | |
References 225 | |
Respiratory function 394 | |
Mechanical intestinal obstruction 400 | |
Cystic hygroma 415 | |
Introduction 426 | |
Case study 438 | |
Pharmacokinetics 444 | |
Introduction 456 | |
Multiple births 463 | |
Introduction 473 | |
Deontological or Kantian theory 474 | |
the giving of informed consent 482 | |
Normal values in the neonate 491 | |