Fast Facts for the Neonatal Nurse, Second Edition

Written for novice neonatal nurses and those new to the NICU, this concise,
easy-to-use resource covers all the essentials of daily practice for the care of
neonates and their families. Families experience dramatic transformations as roles
develop and change during the newborn period. Throughout it all, they rely on the
nurse's expertise, support, and encouragement to learn to care for their child and meet
the newborn's most basic needs.
Fast Facts for the Neonatal Nurse, Second Edition, begins with a streamlined yet
comprehensive review of normal newborn characteristics. With this foundation,
chapters walk through a variety of common and uncommon newborn physiological
changes to enable the neonatal nurse to detect any possible complications that
warrant additional assessment. This second edition provides more in-depth content
on high-risk conditions to promote the safest high-quality care to the entire neonatal
patient population. Grounded in evidence-based practice, all chapters in this edition
have been updated with the newest neonatal interventions and protocols.
New to the Second Edition:
. Introduces a new "High Risk Care" feature specific to the needs of neonates
with conditions that may warrant high risk or NICU settings
. Contains THREE new chapters:
. Introduction to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
. Management of Common NICU Complications
. Neonatal Ethical Conflicts and Considerations
Key Features:
. Provides essential information for new neonatal nurses in a concise,
consistent, easy-to-use format
. Contains crucial knowledge for comprehensive, holistic care for both
low-risk and high-risk neonates and their families in all settings
. Presents only evidence-based practice recommendations
. Includes Fast Facts Boxes containing key chapter takeaways and
easy-to-read tables with lab values
to reinforce information