Update and improve your neonatal and newborn intensive care unit
(NICU) nursing know-how, with the evidence-based Developmental Care
of Newborns and Infants, 3rd Edition. This leading text on
developmentally supportive care of infants and their families
addresses the full spectrum of neonatal care, from prenatal
planning to delivery, plus neonatal intensive care and the
transition to home. A completely updated version of the respected
National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) publication, this is
the definitive guide for learning current care standards, and the
ideal foundation for neonatal nurses, students, and NICU nurses.
Upgrade your neonatal and NICU nursing knowledge with this
science-based guide: NEW and fully updated content and practice
guidelines NEW practice standards from the European Foundation for
Infants and Newborn Children NEW content aligned with the findings
of the Gravens Task Force standards for high-risk newborns NEW
color-enhanced photographs of infants Presents developmental care
in terms of holistic awareness of infant and family and their
interactions with the NICU environment Offers a framework for
providing care that protects and supports the neurobehavioral
development of the infant - interdisciplinary approach Chapters
offer latest evidence-based findings and best practices, including:
The science of infant- and family-centered developmental care -
history and principles Infant- and family-centered care standards
for NICU Healthcare team collaboration, including the family
Theoretical perspective for individualized family-centered
developmental care (IFCDC) Quality indicators for developmental
care - trauma-informed conceptual model Infant mental health -
essential strategies for social-emotional care of NICU families The
structures and processes of critical periods of fetal development
The NICU sensory environment Collaborative therapeutic positioning
- multisystem and behavioral implications The high-risk infant -
oral feeding, touch and massage, pain assessment and
nonpharmacologic management, palliative care Developmental care
beyond the NICU Expert guidance from physiology of embryonic and
fetal development through to coordinated, interdisciplinary IFCDC
care Chapter features include: Standards - Standards aligned with
chapter content listed at the start of each chapter Potential
Research Questions - End-of-chapter questions that support your
thought process for further research Tables - Definitions of
standards and competency levels, practice recommendations with
levels of evidence, and About the Clinical Editors Carole Kenner,
PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF, is Carol Kuser Loser Dean and Professor
at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey, and Chief
Executive Officer of the Council of International Neonatal Nurses,
Inc. (COINN) in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Jacqueline M. McGrath, PhD,
RN, FAAN, FNAP, is Thelma and Joe Crow Endowed Professor and Vice
Dean for Faculty Excellence at the School of Nursing, University of
Texas Health Science Center San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.
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