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Understanding the NICU: What Parents of Preemies and other Hospitalized Newborns Need to Know

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By (author): American Academy of Pediatrics

Most parents do not expect to begin life with their new baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Parents of preemies and other hospitalized newborns often feel lost and powerless amidst this new world of medical vocabulary, technology, and numerous health care providers.

Understanding the NICU will guide you through your NICU journey, help you communicate with members of the NICU team, and learn about your babys condition so that you can ask questions and participate as a valuable partner in your babys care. It will also provide important information about how to care for your baby after you leave the hospital and head home with your little one.

Included in the book are inspirational stories from parents who have had their own NICU experiences, bringing hope and comfort to other parents with an infant who is premature or hospitalized.

Understanding the NICU provides you with everything you need to know about:

Common NICU equipment and tests
Common medical problems for babies in the NICU
Special health issues for premature infants
Who's who in the NICU and how to work with the team
Mother-baby factors: effects on newborn health
Feeding your baby
Parenting in the NICU
Birth defects and surgery
Heading home from the NICU
Home at last
Caring for your baby in the first year

Intensive care is stressful by nature and overwhelming at times. Reading this book and learning about what happens in the NICU will help you gain confidence and feel more reassured about your babys care in the NICUand at home. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 562g
  • Dimensions: 184 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Nov 2016
  • Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781610020480

About American Academy of Pediatrics

Jeanette Zaichkin RN MN NNP-BC has been a neonatal nurse for more than 30 years. She graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma WA and received her master's degree from the University of Washington. Jeanette has worked as a staff nurse clinical nurse specialist manager and neonatal outreach coordinator in a variety of settings including community hospitals and major medical centers. She has numerous publications and has served as a consultant and editor for the American Academy of Pediatrics Neonatal Resuscitation Program since 1998. Jeanette leads Positive Pressure her business enterprise that provides consultation and program development for neonatal resuscitation simulation and debriefing and instructor development. Gary Weiner MD FAAP is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Fellowship Training Program in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Dr. Weiner is the editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation 7th edition. David Loren MD FAAP is Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and the Associate Medical Director of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at the University of Washington in Seattle Washington. Dr Loren leads the safety and quality initiatives in the University of Washington NICU and also attends at the Seattle Children's Newborn ICU as well as community Newborn ICUs throughout the broader Seattle region.

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