Expert Guide to Neonatal Intensive Care: Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook 9th Edition

Co-authored by an interprofessional collaborative team of physicians and nurses, Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 9th Edition is the ultimate resource for interprofessional, collaborative care of critically ill newborns.

Comprehensive Coverage and Interprofessional Approach

This handbook offers comprehensive coverage with a unique interprofessional collaborative approach and a real-world perspective, making it a practical guide for both nurses and physicians. The authors’ diverse backgrounds and expertise ensure a well-rounded understanding of neonatal intensive care.

New and Updated Features

The new ninth edition features a wealth of expanded content, including:

• Delivery-room care, including the impact of staffing on quality of care, delayed cord clamping, and resuscitation
• New evidence-based care “bundles” for improved outcomes of very preterm infants
• Palliative care in the NICU, ensuring patient comfort and dignity
• Interprofessional collaborative care of parents with depression, grief, and complicated grief
• New pain assessment tools for maintaining patient comfort
• Updated high-quality references, reintegrated into the text for quick retrieval and easy access to research evidence and standards of care

Practical and User-Friendly Format

The handbook is designed for quick reference and easy retrieval, with:

• Consistent organization within clinical chapters, including Physiology/Pathophysiology, Etiology, Prevention, Data Collection, Treatment/Intervention, Complications, and Parent Teaching sections
• Color-highlighted point-of-care clinical content, making high-priority clinical content quick and easy to find
• Parent Teaching boxes, outlining relevant information to be shared with a patient’s caregivers
• Critical Findings boxes, outlining symptoms and diagnostic findings that require immediate attention
• Case studies, demonstrating how to apply essential content to realistic clinical scenarios for application-based learning

With its comprehensive coverage, unique interprofessional approach, and practical format, Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 9th Edition is an indispensable resource for healthcare professionals caring for critically ill newborns.

Published by Elsevier, the 9th edition is available in paperback, consisting of 1008 pages. The ISBN-10 is 032356903X, and the ISBN-13 is 978-0323569033.