Neonatal Nursing Care Handbook, Third Edition: An Evidence-Based Approach to Conditions and Procedures

Book info: Neonatal Nursing Care Handbook, Third Edition: An Evidence-Based Approach to Conditions and Procedures (Paperback, 700 pages) – Springer Publishing Company, 2021. Language: English.

This benchmark handbook for neonatal nurse practitioners describes the most common conditions and procedures in an easy-to-access streamlined format. This thoroughly revised third edition continues to promote the foundational principles of evidence-based nursing practice worldwide, while taking the resources and requirements of different practice settings into account. It delivers updated information on trauma-informed care and offers new sections on parent perspectives about transition to home, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), and therapeutic hypothermia.

Designed with a logical organization, Neonatal Nursing Care Handbook, Third Edition features brief narratives and plentiful illustrations and charts. This quick reference is easily used by English-as-second-language nurses and can be conveniently stored in a pocket for on-the-go referral. Part I uses a systems approach to address management of disorders related to each body system. All chapters include a brief definition of the neonatal problem, followed by diagnostic tests and labs. Part II encompasses special care considerations such as nutrition, surgical care, and palliative care. Part III discusses widely seen procedures and diagnostic tests, complete with lab values. Appendices contain additional useful content on weights and temperatures, common abbreviations, and pertinent web resources.

New to the Third Edition:

• Addresses trauma-informed care
• Additional Content On:
  • Generalized nursing care regarding respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, and hematologic/immune systems
  • Bottle feeding
  • Oral/Nasogastric/Gastrointestinal Tube Feedings
  • Parent perspective on the transition home/primary care
  • High frequency ventilation and new techniques
  • Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (NOW)
  • Total body cooling/therapeutic hypothermia

Key Features:

• Written by neonatal nurses and other health professionals for neonatal nurses
• Assists neonatal nurses in making sound clinical decisions
• Provides streamlined, well-organized format for quick information retrieval
• Written in brief narratives supported by illustrations, diagrams, and flow charts
• Easily understandable to English-as-second-language nurses
• Covers diagnostic tests and lab values and includes medication guide

Carole Kenner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF, IDFCOINN is the Carol Kuser Loser Dean/Professor of the School of ­Nursing and Health Sciences at The College of New Jersey. Dr. Kenner received a ­bachelors of science in nursing from the University of Cincinnati and her master’s and doctorate in nursing from Indiana University. She specialized in neonatal/perinatal nursing for her master’s and obtained a minor in higher education for her doctorate. She has authored more than 200 journal articles and 40 textbooks. 

Marina V. Boykova, PhD, RN, FNAP is an associate professor of nursing in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Holy Family University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Boykova received her Diploma in Nursing Practice from the School of Nursing #3, Saint ­Petersburg, Russia; a Certificate in Theory and Practice of Nurse Education, Medical College #1, Saint Petersburg, Russia; a Certificate in Theory and Practice of Nurse Education, Chester, United Kingdom; Bachelor of Science with Honours in Professional Practice (Nursing), ­University of Liverpool, Chester, United Kingdom; Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing, Novgorod ­University of Y. Mudrogo, Novgorod, Russia; Master of Science in Health Promotion (Distinction), University of Liverpool, Chester, United Kingdom; and Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, ­Oklahoma. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International, Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN), National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), National Academies of Practice (NAP), Eastern Nursing Research Society, and the American Nurses Association. She serves as a nonexecutive director for the Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN). She is a member of the COINN Research Committee, the World Health Organization (WHO) STAGE Midwifery Working Group on Transitioning to Midwifery Models of Care. She is a fellow in the National Academies of Practice (NAP). Dr. Boykova’s clinical background is neonatal intensive care nursing. Her research interests center on transition from hospital to home and to primary care for parents of preterm infants. She has published over 40 journal articles, over 20 book chapters, and co-edited three textbooks. She coauthored a policy brief on Reducing Preterm Births for the American Academy of Nursing.