Summary:
Part of the popular Ten Teachers series, Care of the Newborn by Ten Teachers presents a detailed account of care of the normal neonate, including the minor health problems that midwives are expected to deal with on a daily basis, and provides care and treatment strategies for the neonate and family.

The emphasis of the book is on normal neonatal care with deviations from the normal threaded throughout the book, including recognition, causes, treatments and care. Taking a holistic approach, each chapter is underpinned by theory and practice, with professional guidance rules and codes for midwives made explicit throughout. Problems covered include: hereditary problems and genetics, infant feeding, skin care, thermal care, care of the jaundiced baby, infections, respiratory problems, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and birth injury.

This is an essential text for all diploma and degree student midwives, as well as those on post-qualifying courses in neonatal care and midwives taking return to practice courses. It is also a useful reference for qualified midwives, student nurses on the child branch and neonatal nurses.

• Underpinned by professional guidelines and the NMC code of practice
• Reflective exercises and case histories help the reader to apply theory to practice
• Written by lecturers and practitioners who are experts in midwifery and neonatal care - The Ten Teachers

Table of Contents:
1. Parenting – attachment, separation and loss
2. Transition to extrauterine life
3. Newborn screening and immunization
4. Examination of the newborn
5. Hereditary problems and genetics
6. Infant feeding
7. Neonatal skin care
8. Thermal care of the newborn
9. Care of the jaundiced baby
10. Infection in the newborn period
11. Neonatal respiratory problems
12. Neonatal withdrawl syndromes
13. Birth injury
14. Cultural and religious aspects of neonatal care
15. Teaching resuscitation to parents
16. Frequently asked questions

About the Author(s):
Hilary Lumsden RN RM BSc (Hons) MSC RMT ENB 405, Senior Lecturer Midwifery, University of Wolverhampton; and External Examiner, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Debbie Holmes RN RM BSc (Hons) PCGE (HE), Senior Lecturer Midwifery, University of Wolverhampton; and External Examiner, Kings College, London, UK.

Contributors:
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Marcia Edwards, Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, School of Health, Walsall
Carole England, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, The University of Nottingham
Jane Henley, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Manor Hospital, Walsall
Debbie Holmes RN RM BSc (Hons) PCGE (HE), Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall
Hilary Lumsden RN RM BSc (Hons) MSC RMT ENB 405, Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall
Lynne Paterson, Nurse Consultant, Neonatal Unit, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
Sandra Sandbrook, Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton, School of Health, Walsall
Sharon Trotter, Midwife, Breastfeeding Consultant and Neonatal

Readership:
Pre-registration student midwives and neonatal nurses