Developmental Care of Newborns & Infants

Update and improve your neonatal and newborn intensive care unit (NICU) nursing know-how, with the evidence-based Developmental Care of Newborns and Infants, 3rd Edition. This leading text on developmentally supportive care of infants and their families addresses the full spectrum of neonatal care, from prenatal planning to delivery, plus neonatal intensive care and the transition to home.  The book presents developmental care in terms of holistic awareness of infant and family and their interactions with the NICU environment. It offers a framework for providing care that protects and supports the neurobehavioral development of the infant using an interdisciplinary approach.  In short, Developmental Care of Newborns and Infants, 3rd Edition is the definitive guide for learning current care standards, and the ideal foundation for neonatal nurses, students, and NICU nurses. In this new edition:New and fully updated content and practice guidelinesNew practice standards from the European Foundation for Infants and Newborn ChildrenNew content aligned with the findings of the Gravens Task Force standards for high-risk newborns New color-enhanced photographs of infants Chapters offer latest evidence-based findings and best practices, including:The science of infant- and family-centered developmental care including the history and principlesInfant- and family-centered care standards for NICUHealthcare team collaboration, including the familyTheoretical perspective for individualized family-centered developmental care (IFCDC)Quality indicators for developmental care – trauma-informed conceptual modelInfant mental health – essential strategies for social-emotional care of NICU familiesThe structures and processes of critical periods of fetal developmentThe NICU sensory environmentCollaborative therapeutic positioning – multisystem and behavioral implicationsThe high-risk infant – oral feeding, touch and massage, pain assessment and nonpharmacologic management, palliative careDevelopmental care beyond the NICUExpert guidance from physiology of embryonic and fetal development through to coordinated, interdisciplinary IFCDC care About the Clinical Editors Carole Kenner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF, is Carol Kuser Loser Dean and Professor at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey, and Chief Executive Officer of the Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN) in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Jacqueline M. McGrath, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, is Thelma and Joe Crow Endowed Professor and Vice Dean for Faculty Excellence at the School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.  Read more