| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Family Story Icons -- Please Note -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Family Story: Bailey Jo & Abraham -- Family Story: Kellan -- Family Story: Christopher -- An Unexpected Beginning -- Family Story: Eliana -- Family Story: Lucy -- The NICU Journey Begins -- Family Story: Isaac & Eliza -- Family Story: Nathan -- Family Story: Pascal -- NICU Equipment and Tests -- Family Story: Meridith -- Family Story: August (Auggie) -- Common Medical Problems -- Family Story: Colson -- Family Story: Holland & Eden -- Your Preterm Baby -- Family Story: Alexander (Alex) -- Family Story: Ellie -- Family Story: Frankie -- Parenting in the NICU -- Family Story: Logan -- Family Story: Maxwell -- Feeding Your Baby -- Family Story: Abel -- Family Story: Sienna -- Homeward Bound -- Family Story: Niklas, Gabbie, & Lukas -- Home at Last -- Family Story: Allison & Reece -- Family Story: Jack & Henry -- As Your Child Grows -- The Loss of Your Baby -- Appendix -- Index. |
| Summary |
When a newborn is admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), it can be frightening and overwhelming. Edited by two top NICU doctors and a veteran NICU nurse, this guide will support parents through their baby's time in the NICU, helping them communicate with members of the NICU team, ask the right questions, and participate as valuable partners in their baby's care. Understanding the NICU addresses such topics as common NICU equipment and tests, common medical problems for babies in the NICU, special health issues for preterm newborns, feeding and parenting in the NICU, and heading home from the NICU. This updated and fully revised edition also features new inspirational stories from parents of hospitalized newborns, bringing comfort and hope.-- Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Premature infants -- Hospital care.
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Neonatal intensive care.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Infants & Toddlers.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth.
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| Added Author |
Meerkov, Meera, editor.
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Weiner, Gary M., editor.
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Zaichkin, Jeanette, 1956- editor.
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American Academy of Pediatrics, issuing body.
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| Added Title |
Understanding the neonatal intensive care unit |
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What parents of preemies and other hospitalized newborns need to know |
| ISBN |
9781610026659 (paperback) |
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1610026659 (paperback) |
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