PCEP Book 3: Neonatal Care

Description

This popular resource features step-by-step skill instruction and practice-focused exercises covering neonatal care. Developed by a distinguished editorial board, the Perinatal Continuing Education Program (PCEP) is a comprehensive, self-paced education program in 4 volumes.
 
This book features 11 units covering information and skills assessment and initial management of frequently encountered neonatal illnesses, plus a brand-new unit on how to care for babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome (neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome).
 
TOPICS INCLUDEOxygen

Respiratory distress

Umbilical catheters

Low blood pressure (hypotension)

Intravenous therapy

Feeding

Hyperbilirubinemia

Infections

Identifying and caring for sick and at-risk babies

Preparation for neonatal transport

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome)

This popular resource features step-by-step skill instruction and practice-focused exercises covering neonatal care. Developed by a distinguished editorial board, the Perinatal Continuing Education Program (PCEP) is a comprehensive, self-paced education program in 4 volumes.
 
This book features 11 units covering information and skills assessment and initial management of frequently encountered neonatal illnesses, plus a brand-new unit on how to care for babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome (neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome). Robert A. Sinkin, MD MPH, FAAP, FATS, is the Division Head of Neonatology, as well as the Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Virginia.  He came to  Charlottesville from the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY in 2006.
Dr Sinkin received his fellowship training in neonatal-perinatal pediatrics and then joined the faculty, advancing to Professor of Pediatrics in Rochester. There he served as the medical director of the NICU at the Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong and the Department Chair of Pediatrics at Park Ridge Hospital, a community hospital in Rochester. His clinical and research interests center on pulmonary scarring as typified in the lungs of babies with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a chronic, fibrotic, emphysematous lung disease of babies and infants.
He is an active participant in the neonatology clinical trials group at the University of Virginia (UVA), with the goal of conducting investigations aimed at reducing the morbidity associated with the respiratory distress syndromes of premature and term babies, including pharmacological intervention and ventilatory strategies to reduce BPD. He is also involved in efforts to critically assess neonatal care provision and determine the cost-benefit of neonatal interventions within Virginia.
Dr Sinkin is a member of a community action team (a partnership of local health care facilities, providers, home visiting programs and children's coalitions) focusing on “Improving Pregnancy Outcome” and is a member of Virginia's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Steering Committee.
Dr Sinkin is a member of the recently funded NICHD award to UVA and its collaborator at the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research in Bangladesh (icddr,b). The UVA team serves as a Unit of the Global Network for Women & Children’s Health Clinical Research which supports and conducts clinical trials in resource-limited countries by pairing foreign and U.S. investigators. The goal is to evaluate low-cost, sustainable interventions to improve maternal and child health and simultaneously build local research capacity and infrastructure. These activities are designed to facilitate independent continuation of local research activities that will ultimately lead to improved health care systems and personal health.
Christian A. Chisholm, MD, FACOG, is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine subspecialist and professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he also serves as Vice-Chair for Education and Medical Director for Obstetrics. Dr Chisholm received his medical degree the University of Maryland, and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Maryland Medical System. He completed a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of North Carolina. He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is board-certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a member of the executive committee of the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative and serves as the lead physician for implementation of AIM initiatives in Virginia.
  Contents
Unit 1: Oxygen
Skill Unit: Administering Oxygen

              Measuring Oxygen Concentration

              Blending Oxygen and Compressed Air

              Heating and Humidifying an Oxygen/Air Mixture

Skill Unit: Monitoring Oxygen

              Peripheral Arterial Blood Gas Sampling

Unit 2: Respiratory Distress
Skill Unit: Detecting a Pneumothorax
Skill Unit: Transillumination
Skill Unit: Chest Radiography
Skill Unit: Treating a Pneumothorax
Skill Unit: Needle Aspiration
Skill Unit: Chest Tube Insertion
Unit 3: Umbilical Catheters
Skill Unit: Inserting and Managing Umbilical Catheters
Unit 4: Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)
Skill Unit: Measuring Blood Pressure
Unit 5: Intravenous Therapy
Skill Unit: Peripheral Intravenous Infusions
Skill Unit: Inserting and Managing Peripheral Intravenous Infusions
Unit 6: Feeding
Skill Unit: Nasogastric Tube Feedings
Unit 7: Hyperbilirubinemia
Unit 8: Infections
Unit 9: Identifying and Caring for Sick and At-Risk Babies
Unit 10: Preparation for Neonatal Transport
Unit 11: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome)
Pretest Answer Key
Glossary
Index