Neonatology is a subspecialty of
pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practiced in
neonatal intensive care units The principal patients of neonatologists are newborn infants who are ill or require special medical care due to prematurity, low
birth weight, intrauterine growth restriction, congenital malformations (birth defects), sepsis, pulmonary hypoplasia or
birth asphyxia. Rather than focusing on a particular organ system, neonatologists focus on the care of new borns who require
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospitalization. They may also act as general pediatricians, providing well newborn evaluation and care in the hospital where they are based. Some neonatologists, particularly those in academic settings, may follow infants for months or even years after hospital discharge to better assess the long-term effects of
health problems early in life. Some neonatologists perform clinical and basic science research to further our understanding of this special population of patients. The infant is undergoing many adaptations to extrauterine life, and its physiological systems, such as the immune system, are far from fully developed.
Neonatal nursing is a sub-specialty of
nursing care for newborn infants up to 28 days after birth. The term
neonatal comes from neo, "new", and natal, "pertaining to
birth or origin".
Neonatal nursing requires a high degree of skill, dedication and emotional strength as the nurses care for newborn infants with a range of problems, varying between prematurity,
birth defects, infection, cardiac malformations and surgical problems.
Neonatal nurses are a vital part of the
neonatal care team and are required to know basic newborn resuscitation, be able to control the newborn's temperature and know how to initiate cardiopulmonary and pulse oximetry monitoring. Most
neonatal nurses care for infants from the time of
birth until they are discharged from the hospital. Neonatology is a subspecialty of
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