Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (2nd ed)

The fully expanded and updated New Edition of this definitive resource offers complete, up-to-date information on all topics related to intensive care of the neonate.

The book?s comprehensive, outline format makes it an extremely effective certification review tool as well as a practical clinical reference. Features: * Offers detailed discussions of neonatal pathophysiology and management of common disorders as well as ethics, research, developmental care, case management, social trends, family care, and other relevant topics. * Includes new chapters on Thermoregulation and Outcome, as well as thoroughly revised and updated material on developmental care ? transition to home ? nutrition ? respiratory distress ? assisted ventilation ? the family in crisis ? gastrointestinal disorders ? and more. * Uses a quick-access, outline format for convenient, rapid review. * Follows a consistent organization for the discussion of each neonatal health problem: definition ? etiology ? pathophysiology ? signs and symptoms ? diagnostic tests ? treatment ? and outcome. * ?Endorsed by the Association of Women?sHealth, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and the National Association of Neonatal Nurses.