Comprehensive Neonatal Nursing Care
Praise for the Fifth Edition:

“This book provides a complete look at neonatal healthcare delivery…[It] includes discussions of contemporary topics of interest, such as informatics, genetics, global health, and family-centered care, which are vital to providers caring for neonates today. The case studies and evidence-based practice dialogues provide great opportunities for further reflection. The book is useful to a wide audience in nursing, including undergraduate and graduate nursing students, practicing neonatal and pediatric nurses, and advanced practice nurses who care for neonates."

Score: 92, 4 Stars—Doody's Medical Reviews

The sixth edition of this acclaimed neonatal nursing text is completely updated to encompass the most current research findings and strategies for providing cost-effective and evidence-based care. It continues to address neonatal care from a physiologic and pathophysiologic perspective, with a major emphasis on nursing management at the bedside and advanced practice level. It examines each neonatal body system and describes evidence-based interventions that assist in understanding the ‘why’ behind various clinical presentations. Integrative management is threaded throughout the text along with extensive research findings to support practice strategies and rationales for sound clinical decision-making. Case studies, evidence-based practice boxes, QSEN competencies, and online resources help to amplify and reinforce content.

New to the Sixth Edition:



• New technologies including neonatal health care simulation
• Trauma-Informed Care
• Substantial revisions to the Neonatal Resuscitation Program
• Updates in Continuous Quality Improvement
• Emphasis on neuroprotective factors
• Emerging global trends
• Genomics and its relationship to precision health prevention of diseases
• Maternal-Fetal Units
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and maternal drug use
• Leadership and cost management of the NICU
• Updates on neonatal care prools and procedures, new treatments, and new trends in family-centered integrative developmental care
• New palliative care prools
• Video clips regarding parental caregiving
• Parent perspectives on care
• Podcasts from experts in the field
• Highlighted callouts for Emergency Alert, Quality and Safety Issues, and Family Concerns

Key Features:



• Complete physiologic and embryologic foundation of each neonatal body system
• The relevance of various diagnostic tests
• Integrates quality and safety as per QSEN competencies
• Case studies, evidence-based practice boxes, parent handouts, and online resources
• Authored by internationally reputed “mother” of neonatal nursing
• Parent Voices provide new perspective on neonatal care
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Comprehensive Neonatal Nursing Care
Praise for the Fifth Edition:

“This book provides a complete look at neonatal healthcare delivery…[It] includes discussions of contemporary topics of interest, such as informatics, genetics, global health, and family-centered care, which are vital to providers caring for neonates today. The case studies and evidence-based practice dialogues provide great opportunities for further reflection. The book is useful to a wide audience in nursing, including undergraduate and graduate nursing students, practicing neonatal and pediatric nurses, and advanced practice nurses who care for neonates."

Score: 92, 4 Stars—Doody's Medical Reviews

The sixth edition of this acclaimed neonatal nursing text is completely updated to encompass the most current research findings and strategies for providing cost-effective and evidence-based care. It continues to address neonatal care from a physiologic and pathophysiologic perspective, with a major emphasis on nursing management at the bedside and advanced practice level. It examines each neonatal body system and describes evidence-based interventions that assist in understanding the ‘why’ behind various clinical presentations. Integrative management is threaded throughout the text along with extensive research findings to support practice strategies and rationales for sound clinical decision-making. Case studies, evidence-based practice boxes, QSEN competencies, and online resources help to amplify and reinforce content.

New to the Sixth Edition:



• New technologies including neonatal health care simulation
• Trauma-Informed Care
• Substantial revisions to the Neonatal Resuscitation Program
• Updates in Continuous Quality Improvement
• Emphasis on neuroprotective factors
• Emerging global trends
• Genomics and its relationship to precision health prevention of diseases
• Maternal-Fetal Units
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and maternal drug use
• Leadership and cost management of the NICU
• Updates on neonatal care prools and procedures, new treatments, and new trends in family-centered integrative developmental care
• New palliative care prools
• Video clips regarding parental caregiving
• Parent perspectives on care
• Podcasts from experts in the field
• Highlighted callouts for Emergency Alert, Quality and Safety Issues, and Family Concerns

Key Features:



• Complete physiologic and embryologic foundation of each neonatal body system
• The relevance of various diagnostic tests
• Integrates quality and safety as per QSEN competencies
• Case studies, evidence-based practice boxes, parent handouts, and online resources
• Authored by internationally reputed “mother” of neonatal nursing
• Parent Voices provide new perspective on neonatal care
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Praise for the Fifth Edition:

“This book provides a complete look at neonatal healthcare delivery…[It] includes discussions of contemporary topics of interest, such as informatics, genetics, global health, and family-centered care, which are vital to providers caring for neonates today. The case studies and evidence-based practice dialogues provide great opportunities for further reflection. The book is useful to a wide audience in nursing, including undergraduate and graduate nursing students, practicing neonatal and pediatric nurses, and advanced practice nurses who care for neonates."

Score: 92, 4 Stars—Doody's Medical Reviews

The sixth edition of this acclaimed neonatal nursing text is completely updated to encompass the most current research findings and strategies for providing cost-effective and evidence-based care. It continues to address neonatal care from a physiologic and pathophysiologic perspective, with a major emphasis on nursing management at the bedside and advanced practice level. It examines each neonatal body system and describes evidence-based interventions that assist in understanding the ‘why’ behind various clinical presentations. Integrative management is threaded throughout the text along with extensive research findings to support practice strategies and rationales for sound clinical decision-making. Case studies, evidence-based practice boxes, QSEN competencies, and online resources help to amplify and reinforce content.

New to the Sixth Edition:



• New technologies including neonatal health care simulation
• Trauma-Informed Care
• Substantial revisions to the Neonatal Resuscitation Program
• Updates in Continuous Quality Improvement
• Emphasis on neuroprotective factors
• Emerging global trends
• Genomics and its relationship to precision health prevention of diseases
• Maternal-Fetal Units
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and maternal drug use
• Leadership and cost management of the NICU
• Updates on neonatal care prools and procedures, new treatments, and new trends in family-centered integrative developmental care
• New palliative care prools
• Video clips regarding parental caregiving
• Parent perspectives on care
• Podcasts from experts in the field
• Highlighted callouts for Emergency Alert, Quality and Safety Issues, and Family Concerns

Key Features:



• Complete physiologic and embryologic foundation of each neonatal body system
• The relevance of various diagnostic tests
• Integrates quality and safety as per QSEN competencies
• Case studies, evidence-based practice boxes, parent handouts, and online resources
• Authored by internationally reputed “mother” of neonatal nursing
• Parent Voices provide new perspective on neonatal care

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826147431
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Publication date: 01/28/2026
Edition description: Seventh Edition, New Edition
Pages: 583
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Carole Kenner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF, IDFCOINN is the Carol Kuser Loser Dean/Professor of the School of ­Nursing and Health Sciences at The College of New Jersey. Dr. Kenner received a ­bachelors of science in nursing from the University of Cincinnati and her master’s and doctorate in nursing from Indiana University. She specialized in neonatal/perinatal nursing for her master’s and obtained a minor in higher education for her doctorate. She has authored more than 200 journal articles and 40 textbooks.


Leslie B. Altimier, DNP, RN, MSN, NE-BC, is the Regional Director of Neonatal Services at SSM Health: Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, MO. She received her BSN from Kent State University, MSN from the University of North Carolina, and DNP from Northeastern University in Boston, and she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in compassionate healthcare through Northeastern University in collaboration with the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare and the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare. In her 30-year nursing career, she has specialized in neonatal and pediatric intensive care, and most recently, she is the Regional Director of Neonatal Services at SSM Health: Cardinal Glennon Children's & St. Mary’s Hospitals in St. Louis, MO.  


Marina V. Boykova, PhD, RN, FNAP is an associate professor of nursing in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Holy Family University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Boykova received her Diploma in Nursing Practice from the School of Nursing #3, Saint ­Petersburg, Russia; a Certificate in Theory and Practice of Nurse Education, Medical College #1, Saint Petersburg, Russia; a Certificate in Theory and Practice of Nurse Education, Chester, United Kingdom; Bachelor of Science with Honours in Professional Practice (Nursing), ­University of Liverpool, Chester, United Kingdom; Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing, Novgorod ­University of Y. Mudrogo, Novgorod, Russia; Master of Science in Health Promotion (Distinction), University of Liverpool, Chester, United Kingdom; and Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, ­Oklahoma. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International, Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN), National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), National Academies of Practice (NAP), Eastern Nursing Research Society, and the American Nurses Association. She serves as a nonexecutive director for the Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN). She is a member of the COINN Research Committee, the World Health Organization (WHO) STAGE Midwifery Working Group on Transitioning to Midwifery Models of Care. She is a fellow in the National Academies of Practice (NAP). Dr. Boykova’s clinical background is neonatal intensive care nursing. Her research interests center on transition from hospital to home and to primary care for parents of preterm infants. She has published over 40 journal articles, over 20 book chapters, and co-edited three textbooks. She coauthored a policy brief on Reducing Preterm Births for the American Academy of Nursing.   

Table of Contents

Contributors   

Past Contributors to the Fifth Edition   

Foreword Linda S. Franck, PhD, RN, FRCPCH, FAAN   

Preface  

Acknowledgments   

UNIT I. PRENATAL CONSIDERATIONS AND CARE  

Chapter 1. Fetal Development: Environmental Influences and Critical Periods

Chapter 2. Prenatal, Intrapartal, and Postpartal Risk Factors

UNIT II. INTRAPARTAL AND NEWBORN CARE   

Chapter 3. Resuscitation and Stabilization of the Newborn and Infant  

Chapter 4. Assessment of the Newborn and Infant

Chapter 5. Term Newborn

UNIT III. SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF DISORDERS   

Chapter 6. Respiratory System

Chapter 7. Cardiovascular System

Chapter 8. Gastrointestinal System

Chapter 9. Metabolic System

Chapter 10. Endocrine System

Chapter 11. Immune System

Chapter 12. Integumentary System

Chapter 13. Hematologic System

Chapter 14. Musculoskeletal System

Chapter 15. Neurologic System

Chapter 16. Auditory System

Chapter 17. Ophthalmic System

Chapter 18. Genitourinary System

UNIT IV. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS   

Chapter 19. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid–Base Balance

Chapter 20. Nutrition Management of Premature Infants

Chapter 21. Neonatal and Infant Pharmacology

Chapter 22. Pain in the Newborn and Infant

Chapter 23. Newborn or Infant Transplant Patient Donor

Chapter 24. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome  

UNIT V. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND FAMILY-CENTERED CARE IN THE NICU AND BEYOND  

Chapter 25. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Environment

Chapter 26. Touch a Life, Impact a Lifetime: Trauma-Informed Care in the NICU

Chapter 27. Family: Essential Partner in Care

Chapter 28. Post discharge Care of the Newborn, Infant, and Families

Chapter 29. Palliative and End-of-Life Care

UNIT VI. SPECIAL TOPICS IN NEONATAL CARE (ONLINE ONLY)

Chapter 30. Neurobehavioral Development

Chapter 31. Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infant

Chapter 32. The Late Preterm Infant

Chapter 33. Fetal Therapy

Chapter 34. Human Genetics and Genomics: Impact on Neonatal Care

Chapter 35. Surgical Considerations

Chapter 36. Newborn or Infant Transplant Patient

Chapter 37. Trends in Neonatal Care Delivery

Chapter 38. Neonatal Care Using Informatics

Chapter 39. Trends in Neonatal Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Chapter 40. Legal and Ethical Issues in Neonatal Care

Chapter 41. Neonatal Care from a Global Perspective  

Chapter 42. Competency-Based Education and Continued Competency

UNIT VII:  NEONATAL DIAGNOSTIC AND CARE PROTOCOLS  (ONLINE ONLY)

Chapter 43. Diagnostic Processes

Chapter 44. Guidelines for Supporting Skin-to-Skin Contact in the NICU

Chapter 45. Developmental Care for the Sick and Preterm Infant

Chapter 46. Neuroprotective Intervention

Chapter 47. Neonatal Transport

Chapter 48. Introduction to Vascular Access

Chapter 49. Newborn Whole-Body Cooling Prool

Appendix A: Conversion Table to Standard International (SI) Units

Appendix B: Frequently Used Reference Values and Conversions

Appendix C: International Standards for Newborn Weight, Length, and Head Circumference by Gestational Age and Sex

Index

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