NEONATAL INTENSIVE NURSING
Learn the intensive care team approach in assessing and implementing care, monitoring, alleviating pain, drug administration, maintaining respiration, providing nutritional care, maintaining comfort and preventing infection. Physiological principles are presented with practical applications to clinical management. Of special interest are ethical-moral issues in determining what care is in the best interest for the infant, prevention of iatrogenic effects of treatment, and family education. Reference book: Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care 6th Ed. NEA Staff with Eds. Gerald B. Merenstein, MD, FAAP & Sandra L. Gardner, RN, MS, CNS, PN
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