Understanding the NICU, 2nd Edition [Paperback]

Name: Understanding the NICU, 2nd Edition [Paperback]
Brand: American Academy of Pediatrics
SKU: 6EACCF06-FFE6-4A3C-9118-B352657D8A8B

What Parents of Preemies and Other Hospitalized Newborns Need to Know

Meera Meerkov, MD, FAAP, Gary M. Weiner, MD, FAAP and Jeanette Zaichkin, RN, MN, NNP-BC

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Most parents do not expect to begin life with their new baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). They often feel lost and powerless amidst this new world of medical vocabulary, technology, and numerous health care providers.

Understanding the NICU will guide parents through the NICU journey, help them communicate with members of the NICU team, and learn about their baby’s condition so that they can ask questions and participate as a valuable partner in their baby’s care. It will also provide them important information about how to care for their baby after they leave the hospital and head home with their little one.

Included in the book are inspirational stories from parents who have had their own NICU experiences, bringing hope and comfort to other parents with an infant who is hospitalized.

Understanding the NICU provides parents with everything they need to know about
  • Common NICU equipment and tests
  • Common medical problems for babies in the NICU
  • Special health issues for premature infants
  • Who's who in the NICU and how to work with the team
  • Mother-baby factors: effects on newborn health
  • Feeding their baby
  • Parenting in the NICU
  • Heading home from the NICU
  • Home at last
  • Caring for their baby in the first year

Intensive care is stressful by nature and overwhelming at times. Reading this book and learning about what happens in the NICU will help parents gain confidence and feel more reassured about their baby’s care in the NICU -- and at home.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-61002-665-9
Product Code: CB0133
Publication Date: June 7, 2023
Format: Paperback
Pages: 357
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Availability: In Stock

About the Authors

Contributing editor

Jeanette Zaichkin, RN, MN, NNP-BC

Jeanette Zaichkin, RN, MN, NNP-BC, has been a neonatal nurse for more than 30 years. She served as a consultant and editor for the American Academy of Pediatrics Neonatal Resuscitation Program® from 1998 to 2022 and is associate editor of the Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation, 8th Edition.

Contributing editor

Gary Weiner, MD, FAAP

Gary M. Weiner, MD, FAAP, is a clinical professor in the department of pediatrics, neonatologist, and medical director of the Brandon Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. He is the editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation, 8th Edition.

Editor in chief

Meera Meerkov, MD

Meera Meerkov, MD, FAAP, is a clinical assistant professor in the department of pediatrics and a practicing neonatologist at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She is the co–medical director of the Little Victors League, a complex care coordination program, and the program director for the neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship, both at the University of Michigan.