Protocols in Neonatal Nursing

Unit 1 Neonatal nursing care - a collaborative practice arena: neonatal nursing and its role in comprehensive care; collaborative practice in the neonatal intensive care unit; ethical aspects of perinatal care; legal aspects of perinatal care; collaborative research in neonatal nursing. Unit 2 family dynamics: the changing family unit; sibling adaptation to the neonate; bereavement - a state of having suffered a loss. Unit 3 The prenatal environment - maternal-fetal interactions: human genetics; fetal development - environmental influences and critical periods; the high risk pregnancy; regionalization of care; neonatal transport. Unit 4 The intrapartial environment - maternal-child interactions: the effects of labour on the fetus and neonate; resuscitation and stabilization of the neonate; neonatal thermoregulation. Unit 5 Physiologic adaptation of the neonate: neonatal assessment; assessment and management of respiratory dysfunction; new technologies applied to the management of respiratory dysfunction; complications of respiratory management; assessment and management of cardiovascular dysfunction; fluids, electrolytes, vitamins, and trace minerals - basis of ingestion, digestion, elimination, and metabolism; nutrition - physiologic basis of metabolism and management of enteral and parenteral nutrition; assessment and management of gastrointestinal dysfunction; assessment and management of metabolic dysfunction; assessment and management of endocrine dysfunction; assessment and management of immunologic dysfunction; assessment and management of haematologic dysfunction; assessment and management of neurologic dysfunction; assessment and management of musculoskeletal dysfunction; assessment and management of genitourinary dysfunction; assessment and management of integumentary dysfunction; assessment and management of auditory dysfunction; assessment and management of ophthalmic dysfunction. Unit 6 Neonatal monitoring and evaluation: monitoring neonatal biophysical parameters; diagnostic imaging; diagnostic tests and laboratory values. Unit 7 Special clinical concerns: fetal therapy; surgical neonate; identification, management, and prevention of pain in the neonate; principles of neonatal drug therapy; neonatal acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the infant; hepatic and renal transplantation in infants and children; iatrogenic complications of the neonatal intensive care unit; the drug-exposed neonate; computer technology in neonatal nursing. (Part contents).