Kangaroo Care
Title | Kangaroo Care PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Ludington-Hoe |
Publisher | Bantam |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2012-02-01 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 030781338X |
Give Your Preterm Baby the Best Possible Start in Life If you have just given birth to a preterm infant, you and your baby both face special challenges. Parents long to help their baby but often feel isolated frightened by hospital procedures. Now there is wonderful news for both babies and parents. Kangaroo Care, a technique pioneered in leading neonatal centers worldwide, gives you a unique role: a special way of holding your infant that provides crucial health benefits—including shorter hospital stays. Based on ground-breaking research, Kangaroo Care is a step-by-step guide to bringing these benefits to your baby—even if your neonatal unit does not yet have a Kangaroo Care program. It explains: • Why Kangaroo Care enhances your baby’s development • How to use the technique even if your infant requires a ventilator or an incubator • How to understand your baby’s signals of distress or comfort—and how to respond • How you can work with the neonatal staff to provide the best for your baby between your visits • How to involve fathers as well as mothers • All the proven results of Kangaroo Care—including a more relaxed, healthier, and contented baby The complete parents’ guide to the revolutionary new treatment for preterm babies: Kangaroo Care
Kangaroo Mother Care
Title | Kangaroo Mother Care PDF eBook |
Author | World Health Organization. Reproductive Health and Research |
Publisher | World Health Organization |
Pages | 55 |
Release | 2003-04-17 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9241590351 |
Kangaroo mother care is a method of care of preterm infants which involves infants being carried, usually by the mother, with skin-to-skin contact. This guide is intended for health professionals responsible for the care of low-birth-weight and preterm infants. Designed to be adapted to local conditions, it provides guidance on how to organize services at the referral level and on what is needed to provide effective kangaroo mother care.
ABC's of Kangaroo Care: Everything You Wanted To Know About Kangaroo Care (Skin-to-Skin)
Title | ABC's of Kangaroo Care: Everything You Wanted To Know About Kangaroo Care (Skin-to-Skin) PDF eBook |
Author | Dawn Miller-Hanna |
Publisher | Hanna Hugs, LLC |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 2020-10-01 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1735677213 |
The author of this book utilizes every letter of the alphabet to convey the benefits/information of Kangaroo Care (Skin-to-Skin). The book is filled with beautiful pictures of parents doing Kangaroo Care. Kangaroo Care has been researched for many years and the overwhelming evidence is that Kangaroo Care is very beneficial to the preterm infant, the term infant, and also the parent. The book can be utilized by parents to understand the benefits that they are giving to their infant or by the healthcare worker to understand the importance of Kangaroo Care. The book features a reference section for parents, a definition section, and an extensive reference page for healthcare workers.
Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children
Title | Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children PDF eBook |
Author | World Health Organization |
Publisher | World Health Organization |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9241548371 |
The Pocket Book is for use by doctors nurses and other health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first level referral hospitals. This second edition is based on evidence from several WHO updated and published clinical guidelines. It is for use in both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals with basic laboratory facilities and essential medicines. In some settings these guidelines can be used in any facilities where sick children are admitted for inpatient care. The Pocket Book is one of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Managem.
Here I Am
Title | Here I Am PDF eBook |
Author | Kathi Frankel |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020-02-28 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780578638218 |
Here I Am is a poem for parents to read to their babies. Whether your baby is full term and able to lie comfortably on your chest, or if your baby is spending the first hours in an isolate, this poem describes your baby's feelings. After each page, look at your baby and wait. Watch for small responses. Your baby will hear you. Your baby will know you. Here I Am helps us attend to the soul of who we are. Let the words roll slowly from you to your baby. Gather comfort around the joy of new life, allowing the calm moments to focus your thoughts, connecting your family as one. This book is for caregivers, parents and families to read to their newborn baby.
Family-centered Maternity Care
Title | Family-centered Maternity Care PDF eBook |
Author | Celeste R. Phillips |
Publisher | Jones & Bartlett Learning |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Childbirth |
ISBN | 9780763723606 |
Midwifery & Women's Health
Kangaroo Care, Please?
Title | Kangaroo Care, Please? PDF eBook |
Author | Jasmine K. Mago |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Neonatal intensive care |
ISBN |
"A mom and dad kangaroo care their premature baby so he grows strong enough to go home. This realistic yet light-hearted story of survival, strength, and hope is told by a premature boy born at 28 weeks gestation who spent the first eight weeks of his life in the NICU. It is also the story about the bond between a NICU nurse and baby, highlighting the empathetic care that is provided by NICU health professionals. Kangaroo care, please? is a book for all ages to give them the hope, strength, and education they need to better cope and support families who are affected by premature birth." -- Page [4] of cover.