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.
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