"This book provides a basic reference for nurses caring for newborns and high-risk newborns as well as care considerations for families"-- Provided by publisher.

Physiological Adaptations to Birth -- Initial Newborn Exam and Assessments -- Newborn Procedures -- Comprehensive Review of History -- Newborn Examination -- Part III Newborn Nutrition -- Nutritional Needs of Newborn -- Breastfeeding -- Common Physiological Breastfeeding Symptoms -- Formula and Feeding Infants with Special Needs -- Respiratory Alterations -- Common Neonatal Conditions -- Common Neonatal Infections -- Adverse Conditions in Very Preterm Neonates (Less than 32 Weeks) -- Long-term Sequela of Prematurity -- Conditions Affecting Fetal Growth -- Hematological Disorders -- Conditions Associated with Maternal Risk -- Genetic and Congenital Disorders -- Congenital Cardiac Defects and Critical Congenital Heart Defects -- Physically Apparent Birth Defects -- Underlying Birth Defects -- Introduction to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) -- Management of Common NICU Complications -- Neonatal Ethical Conflicts & Considerations -- Discharge Teaching -- Newborn Care -- Home Environment -- Issues in the Home Environment.