Fetal and Neonatal Pharmacology for the Advanced Practice Nurse

Amy J. Jnah, DNP, NNP-BC, is a veteran of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, an alumna of the Marquette University School of Nursing (BSN), East Carolina University College of Nursing (MSN), and University of Alabama at Birmingham (DNP). Dr. Jnah is currently an associate professor and director of the neonatal nurse practitioner program at the East Carolina University College of Nursing. She also serves as an assistant professor (adjunct) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.Her clinical interests include hyperbilirubinemia, neonatal resuscitation, the transition to extrauterine life, and issues that affect late-preterm infants. Dr. Jnah is a master trainer for the American Academy of Pediatrics Helping Babies Breathe program, and an Instructor-Mentor for the Neonatal Resuscitation Program. Her academic interests include mentoring, role modeling, and the integration of multisensory teaching innovations within distance education. Dr. Jnah has received numerous awards and honors, which include the Reserve Officer Training Corps academic scholarship (1994–1998), distinguished graduate of the East Carolina University neonatal nurse practitioner program (2007–2008), and East Carolina University Scholar-Teacher of the Year (2017–2018) award. She is an active member of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), the National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NANNP), and the Academy of Neonatal Nursing (ANN), as well as the Carolinas Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (CANNP). Christopher McPherson, PharmD, BCPPS graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy and completed a fellowship in Neonatal Pharmacotherapy at The Women's Hospital of Greensboro. He is currently a clinical pharmacist in the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Louis Children's Hospital and an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine.

Preface - Amy Jnah
Foreword - Holly Wei
PART I. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF FETAL AND NEONATAL PHARMACOLOGY
Chapter 1. Pediatric Drug Regulation in the United States
Chapter 2. Prescriptive Authority
Chapter 3. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
Chapter 4. Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacogenetics
Chapter 5. Perinatal Pharmacology
Chapter 6. Postpartum Pharmacology
Chapter 7. Newborn Nursery Medications
Chapter 8. Vaccines and Schedules
PART II. COMMON CNS PROBLEMS
Chapter 9. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Chapter 10. Apnea of Prematurity
Chapter 11. Analgesia and Sedation
Chapter 12. Seizures
PART III. COMMON RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS
Chapter 13. Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Chapter 14. Pulmonary Hemorrhage
Chapter 15. Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
Chapter 16. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
PART IV: COMMON CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS
Chapter 17. Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Chapter 18. Critical Congenital Heart Defects
Chapter 19. Tachyarrhythmias
Chapter 20. Hypotension and Shock
PART V: COMMON GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS
Chapter 21. Human Milk as Medicine
Chapter 22. Enteral Nutrition: Formulas, Supplements, and Pharmacotherapeutics
Chapter 23. Parenteral Nutrition
Chapter 24. Necrotizing Enterocolitis
PART VI: COMMON HEMATOPOIETIC AND ENDOCRINE PROBLEMS
Chapter 25. Hyperbilirubinemia
Chapter 26. Osteopenia of Prematurity
PART VII: COMMON INFECTIOUS DISEASE PROBLEMS
Chapter 27. Congenital Viral Infections
Chapter 28. Bacteremia, Meningitis and Fungemia
PART VII: COMMON OCULAR PROBLEMS
Chapter 29. Retinopathy of Prematurity
PART IX: SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Chapter 30. Central venous Catheter Care and Occlusion
Part X: Appendix
Formulary
Index