Examination of the Newborn and Neonatal Health - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Lorna Davies, BSc(Hons), MA, PGCEA, RN, RM and Sharon McDonald, RM, BSc(Hons), MA, PGCEA, RGN

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ISBN: 9780702063978

Publication Date: 06-10-2008

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

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Examination of the Newborn and Neonatal Health Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

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ISBN: 9780702079429

Key Features
- An essential guide to this most important of examinations
- The first book to assist in the recognition of the psychosocial and emotional elements of physical disability that may impact on the family
- Provides a multi-professional perspective, with contributors from specialists in their fields
- Each chapter addresses the subject from a holistic perspective that includes ethical, legal and psychosocial aspects as well as the physical
Contents

1. The practical examination of the newborn

2. From gametes to fetus: a chronology of embryo development

3. Antenatal screening: the significance for the health of the newborn

4. Influences on the health of the newborn, before and during pregnancy

5. The neonatal period and beyond: short- and long-term consequences of intrapartum events

6. Maternal and newborn transition: adjustment to extrauterine life

7. Resuscitation of the newborn baby

8. Neurological, behavioural and growth assessment of the newborn

9. Congenital cardiac anomalies in the newborn: causes, effects and treatment

10. The newborn eye: visual function and screening for ocular disorders

11. Congenital abnormality - screening, diagnosis & communication

12. Neonatal jaundice: implications for newborn health

13. Neonatal skincare and cord care : implications for practice

14. Newborn screening and immunization

15. Helping parents make decisions

Appendix 1: Co-sleeping

Appendix 2: Vitamin K and VKDB
Authors

Lorna Davies, BSc(Hons), MA, PGCEA, RN, RM, Lecturer in Midwifery, Christchurch Polytechnic and Institute of Technology, New Zealand. and Sharon McDonald, RM, BSc(Hons), MA, PGCEA, RGN, Director of CPD & PG Portfolio, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK