Care of the Newborn by Ten Teachers

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.

Parenting: attachment, separation and loss. Transition to extrauterine life. Newborn screening and immunization. Examination of the newborn. Hereditary problems and genetics. Infant feeding. Neonatal skin care. Thermal care of the newborn. Care of the jaundiced baby. Infection in the newborn period. Neonatal respiratory problems. Neonatal withdrawal syndromes. Birth injury. Cultural and religious aspects of neonatal care. Teaching resuscitation to parents. Frequently asked questions.

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.