Care of the Newborn by Ten Teachers

Summary:
Caring for the well newborn is an essential element of everyday midwifery practice. Providing a comprehensive guide to the problems associated with newborn babies, Care of the Newborn by Ten Teachers is a key textbook for trainee midwives. The ten teachers involved in writing this book are drawn from all over the UK and bring together a wealth of experience in midwifery and neonatal nursing teaching and practice.

The emphasis is on caring for the normal neonate, with deviations from the normal threaded throughout. Taking a holistic approach, each chapter links theory and practice, with explicit reference to professional standards and guidelines. As well as infant feeding, skin care and thernal care practice, this book covers signs and causes of common problems such as jaundice, infections, respiratory problems, and birth injury, providing care and treatment strategies for the neonate and family.  

This easy-to-follow full colour design, with superb diagrams and photographs and helpful features such as key points, case histories and chapters overviews, makes this essential reading for all student midwives, as well as those on post-qualifying courses in neonatal care. It is also a useful reference for practising midwives and neonatal nurses.

• Underpinned by professional guidelines and the NMC code of practice
• Reflective exercises and case histories help the reader to apply theory to practice
• Written by lecturers and practitioners who are experts in midwifery and neonatal care - The Ten Teachers

Table of Contents:
1. Parenting – attachment, separation and loss
2. Transition to extrauterine life
3. Newborn screening and immunization
4. Examination of the newborn
5. Hereditary problems and genetics
6. Infant feeding
7. Neonatal skin care
8. Thermal care of the newborn
9. Care of the jaundiced baby
10. Infection in the newborn period
11. Neonatal respiratory problems
12. Neonatal withdrawl syndromes
13. Birth injury
14. Cultural and religious aspects of neonatal care
15. Teaching resuscitation to parents
16. Frequently asked questions

About the Author(s):
Hilary Lumsden RN RM BSc (Hons) MSC RMT ENB 405, Senior Lecturer Midwifery, University of Wolverhampton; and External Examiner, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Debbie Holmes RN RM BSc (Hons) PCGE (HE), Senior Lecturer Midwifery, University of Wolverhampton; and External Examiner, Kings College, London, UK.

Contributors:
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Marcia Edwards, Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, School of Health, Walsall
Carole England, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, The University of Nottingham
Jane Henley, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Manor Hospital, Walsall
Debbie Holmes RN RM BSc (Hons) PCGE (HE), Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall
Hilary Lumsden RN RM BSc (Hons) MSC RMT ENB 405, Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall
Lynne Paterson, Nurse Consultant, Neonatal Unit, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
Sandra Sandbrook, Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, School of Health, Walsall
Sharon Trotter, Midwife, Breastfeeding Consultant and Neonatal

Readership:
Pre-registration student midwives and neonatal nurses