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By: Mary I. Enzman-Hines, Brian S. Carter, Susan Niermeyer
▶︎ Co-edited by a team of physicians and nurses, Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care: An Interprofessional Approach, Tenth Edition, is the leading resource for interprofessional collaborative care of critically ill newborns. Now printed in full color, it offers comprehensive coverage with a unique interprofessional collaborative approach and a real-world perspective that make it a practical guide for both nurses and physicians. This edition features updated content throughout to reflect the latest evidence-informed/evidence-based practice, national and international guidelines, and current protocols; a new Interprofessional Collaborative Practice chapter that provides a foundation for the team approach applied throughout the book; an expanded focus on parent teaching that reflects today’s diversity of family structures; an enhanced focus on gender and racial/ethnic inclusivity; and much more!
- NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the latest evidence-informed/evidence-based practice, national and international guidelines, and current protocols for interprofessional collaborative practice in the NICU
- NEW! The Interprofessional Collaborative Practice chapter provides a foundation for the team approach applied throughout the book
- NEW! Expanded focus on parent teaching, particularly in today’s diversity of family structures (including LGBTQ+ parents, surrogate parents, and removing the stigma of single parenthood), equips you for the contemporary milieu of the NICU
- NEW! Enhanced focus on gender and racial/ethnic inclusivity puts special emphasis on inclusive language and on the growing challenge of identifying genetically linked conditions (such as G6PD, immune disorders, and sickle cell disease) in patients of mixed backgrounds, and prepares you to provide effective and culturally competent care
- NEW! Content addresses the latest information and advances on key topics such as NICU follow-up, combating healthcare disparities, the Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care (IKMC) protocol, the unique challenges of global pandemics in the NICU, discharge planning, and the growing problem of aggression from family members seeking information or access to pediatric patients
- NEW! Now printed in full color, with a full-color illustration program for improved usability and reference value
- UNIQUE! The core editor team of an advanced practice nurse and two physicians gives this internationally recognized reference a true interprofessional collaborative approach that is unmatched by any other resource
- Consistent organization within clinical chapters includes Physiology/Pathophysiology, Etiology, Prevention, Data Collection (History, Signs and Symptoms, and Laboratory Data), Treatment/Intervention, Complications, and Parent Teaching sections
- UNIQUE! Color-highlighted point-of-care clinical content makes high-priority clinical content quick and easy to find
- UNIQUE! Parent Teaching boxes outline the relevant information to be shared with a newborn patient’s caregivers
- Critical Findings boxes outline symptoms and diagnostic findings that require immediate attention to help you prioritize assessment data and steps in initial care
- Case Studies demonstrate how to apply essential content to realistic clinical scenarios for application-based learning
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