Description
Contributors
Foreword - Andrea N. Trembath, MD, MPH, FAAP
Preface
List of Podcasts
PART I: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF FETAL AND NEONATAL PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 1. Principles of genetics
Chapter 2. Placental Development and Function
PART II: FETAL AND NEONATAL PHYSIOLOGY BY BODY SYSTEM
Chapter 3. The Nervous System
Chapter 4. The Respiratory System
Chapter 5. The Cardiovascular System
Chapter 6. The Gastrointestinal System
Chapter 7. The Hematopoietic System
Chapter 8. The Renal System
Chapter 9. The Immune System
Chapter 10. The Metabolic and Endocrine System
Chapter 11. The Reproductive System
Chapter 12. The Skin
Chapter 13. The Eyes
PART III: TRANSITION TO EXTRAUTERINE LIFE
Chapter 14. Delivery Methods
Index
Amy J. Jnah, DNP, NNP-BC, is a veteran of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, an alumna of the Marquette University School of Nursing (BSN), East Carolina University College of Nursing (MSN), and University of Alabama at Birmingham (DNP). Dr. Jnah is currently an associate professor and director of the neonatal nurse practitioner program at the East Carolina University College of Nursing. She also serves as an assistant professor (adjunct) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.Her clinical interests include hyperbilirubinemia, neonatal resuscitation, the transition to extrauterine life, and issues that affect late-preterm infants. Dr. Jnah is a master trainer for the American Academy of Pediatrics Helping Babies Breathe program, and an Instructor-Mentor for the Neonatal Resuscitation Program. Her academic interests include mentoring, role modeling, and the integration of multisensory teaching innovations within distance education.Dr. Jnah has received numerous awards and honors, which include the Reserve Officer Training Corps academic scholarship (1994–1998), distinguished graduate of the East Carolina University neonatal nurse practitioner program (2007–2008), and East Carolina University Scholar-Teacher of the Year (2017–2018) award. She is an active member of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), the National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NANNP), and the Academy of Neonatal Nursing (ANN), as well as the Carolinas Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (CANNP).
Jacqui Hoffman, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
Assistant Professor, NNP Track – DNP Program
Rush University
College of Nursing
Chicago, Illinois
Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, CRNP, NNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Specialty Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program
University of Maryland Baltimore
School of Nursing
Baltimore, Maryland
Colleen R. Moss, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, C-ELBW
Associate Professor
Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Specialty
Vanderbilt University
School of Nursing
Nashville, Tennessee
Amy Williford, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Concentration
East Carolina University
College of Nursing
Greenville, North Carolina