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Merenstein & Gardner's Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care

  • 8th Edition - January 9, 2015
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Sandra Lee Gardner, Brian S. Carter, Mary I. Enzman-Hines, Jacinto A. Hernandez
  • Language: English

Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 8th Edition, is the leading resource for collaborative, interprofessional critical care of newborns. Co-authored by… Read more

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Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 8th Edition, is the leading resource for collaborative, interprofessional critical care of newborns. Co-authored by physicians and nurses, it offers concise, comprehensive coverage with a unique multidisciplinary approach and real-world perspective that make it an essential guide for both neonatal nurses and physicians. The 8th edition features the latest neonatal research, evidence, clinical guidelines, and practice recommendations — all in a practical quick-reference format for easy retrieval and review of key information.

Key features

  • UNIQUE! Multidisciplinary author and contributor team consists of two physicians and two nurses, with each chapter written and reviewed by a physician-nurse team to ensure that information mirrors current, real-world practice in a neonatal intensive care unit
  • Critical Findings boxes and tables outline symptoms and diagnostic findings that require immediate attention, helping you prioritize assessment data and steps in initial care
  • UNIQUE! Clinical content highlighted in color allows you to quickly scan for information that directly affects patient care
  • UNIQUE! Parent Teaching boxes highlight relevant information to share with a patient’s caregivers
  • Clinical images, graphs, and algorithms illustrate clinically relevant concepts in neonatal intensive care
  • Streamlined references include only the most current or classic sources

Readership

Practicing Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Clinical Nurse Specialists with a focus on neonatal care; bachelor’s-prepared neonatal/NICU nurses; and physician neonatologists in the U.S. and abroad

Table of contents

Unit One: Evidence-Based Practice

1. Evidence-Based Clinical Practice

Unit Two: Support of the Neonate

2. Prenatal Environment: Effect on Neonatal Outcome

3. Perinatal Transport and Levels of Care

4. Delivery Room Care

5. Initial Nursery Care

6. Heat Balance

7. Physiologic Monitoring

8. Acid-Base Homeostasis and Oxygenation

9. Diagnostic Imaging in the Neonate

10. Pharmacology in Neonatal Care

11. Drug Withdrawal in the Neonate

12. Pain and Pain Relief

13. The Neonate and the Environment: Impact on Development

Unit Three: Metabolic and Nutritional Care of the Neonate

14. Fluid and Electrolyte Management

15. Glucose Homeostasis

16. Total Parenteral Nutrition

17. Enteral Nutrition

18. Breast Feeding the Neonate with Special Needs

19. Skin and Skin Care

Unit Four: Infection and Hematologic Diseases of the Neonate

20. Newborn Hematology

21. Jaundice

22. Infection in the Neonate

Unit Five: Common Systemic Diseases of the Neonate

23. Respiratory Diseases

24. Cardiovascular Diseases and Surgical Interventions

25. Neonatal Nephrology

26. Neurologic Disorders

27. Genetic Disorders, Malformations, and Inborn Errors of Metabolism

28. Neonatal Surgery

Unit Six: Psychosocial Aspects of Neonatal Care

29. Families in Crisis: Theoretical and Practical Considerations

30. Grief and Perinatal Loss

31. Discharge Planning and Follow-Up of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Infant

32. Ethics, Values, and Palliative Care in Neonatal Intensive Care

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 28, 2015
  • Language: English

About the authors

SG

Sandra Lee Gardner

Affiliations and expertise
Director, Professional Outreach Consultation; Co-Director, Nurse's Professional Development and Practice Association, LLC, Aurora, CO

BC

Brian S. Carter

Brian S. Carter is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Division of Neonatology and Bioethics Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital-Kansas City , Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Division of Neonatology & Bioethics Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital-Kansas City , Kansas City, Missouri

ME

Mary I. Enzman-Hines

Professor of Nursing, DNP Program Coordinator, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Colorado Springs Health Partners, Colorado Springs, CO
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Nursing, DNP Program Coordinator, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Colorado Springs Health Partners, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

JH

Jacinto A. Hernandez

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine; Chairman Emeritus, Department of Neonatology, The Children's Hospital, Aurora, CO