Nurse's Clinical Guide: Neonatal Care

Extensively revised to include new emphasis on discharge planning, home care, infant positioning, SIDS, infants born to substance-abusing mothers, managed care and its effects on neonatal care, home care and assessment tips, and the latest NANDA terminology. Contents include advisory board, contributors, preface, neonatal adaptation, neonatal assessment, care of the normal neonate, infant nutrition, high-risk neonates, care of families of high-risk neonates, discharge planning, and care at home. Appendices offer NANDA taxonomy of nursing diagnoses, neonatal weight conversion and temperature conversion tables, support resources for families with special-needs neonates, and a glossary. Also included are selected references and an index. Apgar chart featured on gatefold