Intended Audience: new NICU RDs and providers
This training guide provides extensive infant feeding recommendations, including exclusive human milk diets and human milk fortification, appropriate use of infant formulas, parenteral nutrition support, and vitamin and mineral supplementation.
The book teaches the assessment of the nutritional needs of premature infants and the evaluation of growth parameters. Strategies for addressing faltering growth are thoroughly examined.
The text provides tailored nutrition management strategies for specialty populations, including those with respiratory diseases, congenital heart disease, neurologic compromise, gastrointestinal disorders, metabolic bone disease, oral feeding impairments, and neonatal opiate withdrawal syndrome (NOWS).
Finally, it offers comprehensive guidance on NICU graduation and discharge planning.
Contents of Training Guide:
- Learn the NICU Language
- Role of the NICU Dietitian                                              Â
- Infant Feeding Recommendations                                      Â
- Exclusive Huan Milk Diet                                                 Â
- Human Milk Fortification                                                Â
- Infant Formulas           Â
- Monitoring Feeding Tolerance                                               Â
- Assessing the Nutritional Needs of the Premature Infant                    Â
- Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation                                    Â
- PN Support in Neonates                                                 Â
- Neonatal Growth                                                       Â
- Growth Curves                                                         Â
- Strategies for Faltering Growth                                          Â
- Prefeeding and Oral Feeding                                            Â
- Metabolic Bone Disease                                                 Â
- Nutrition Management of Specialty Populations                           Â
- Respiratory Diseases                                                                   Â
- Congenital Heart Disease                                                       Â
- Neurologic Compromise                                           Â
- GI Disorders and Alterations                                       Â
- Neonatal Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
- NICU Graduation and Discharge Planning
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