Comprehensive Neonatal Nursing

Unit One: Neonatal Nursing Care In the New Millenium: In the NICU and Beyond 1. Neonatal Nursing in the New Health Care Delivery Environment 2. Regionalization In Todays Health Care Delivery System 3. Evidence-Based Neonatal Nursing Practice 4. Legal and Ethical Issues of Neonatal Care 5. Collaborative Research in Neonatal Nursing 6. Competency Based Education in Neonatal Nursing Unit Two: Family Dynamics 7. Family Centered Care 8. When A Baby Dies: Caring for Bereaved Families 9. Hospice and Palliative Care Unit Three: The Prenatal Environment: Maternal-Fetal Interactions 10. Human Genetics and Implications for Neonatal Care 11. Fetal Development: Environmental Influences and Critical Periods 12. High-Risk Pregnancy 13. Fetal Therapy Unit Four: The Intrapartal Environment: Maternal-Child Interactions 14. Effects of Labor on the Fetus and Neonate 15. Resuscitation and Stabilization of the Newborn Unit Five: Developmentally Supportive Care 16. Management of the NICU Environment 17. Newborn and Infant Neurobehavioral Development 18. Monitoring Neonatal Biophysical Parameters in a Developmentally Supportive Environment 19. Computer Technology Use in Newborn and Infant Nursing Unit Six: Physiologic Adaptation of the Neonate 20. Newborn and Infant Assessment 21. Assessment and Management of Neonatal Respiratory System Disorders 22. New Technologies Applied to the Management of the Respiratory System 23. Assessment and Management of the Cardiovascular System 24. Fluids, Electrolytes, Vitamins, and Trace Minerals 25. Nutrition: Physiologic Basis of Metabolism and Management of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition 26. Assessment and Management of the Gastrointestinal System 27. Assessment and Management of the Metabolic System 28. Assessment and Management of the Endocrine System 29. Assessment and Management of the Immune System 30. Assessment and Management of the Hematologic System 31. Assessment and Management of the Neurologic System 32. Assessment and Management of the Musculoskeletal System 33. Assessment and Management of the Genitourinary System 34. Assessment and Management of the Integumentary System 35. Assessment and Management of the Auditory System 36. Assessment and Management of the Ophthalmic System 37. Assessment and Management of the Surgical Newborn and Infant 38. Assessment and Management of the Newborn and Infant Undergoing Transplantation 39. Assessment and Management of the Substance-Exposed Newborn and Infant 40. Care of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant Unit Seven: Neonatal and Infant Diagnostics Tests and Laboratory Values 41. Diagnostic Procedures and Tests Unit Eight: Pharmacology and Non-Pharmacological Therapies 42. Identification, Management, and Prevention of Newborn/Infant Pain 43. Principles of Newborn and Infant Drug Therapy 44. Complementary Therapies Unit Nine: Long-Term Newborn and Infant Care 45. Systematic Assessment and Home Follow-Up: A Basis for Monitoring the Newborn and Infants Integration Into the Family 46. Transition to Home 47. Home and Community Based Care