Neonatal Nursing Transport Standards: Guideline for Practice, 3rd Edition

Care for critically ill newborns can be improved through the implementation of endorsed practice standards developed by nursing experts involved in neonatal transport. The guidelines presented in Neonatal Nursing Transport Standards: Guidelines for Practice, Third Edition, are broad in scope and will help institutions establish high-quality transport teams or evaluate and improve practice among existing teams. They offer a template for establishing consistency in practices that ensure the safety of both patients and transport team members. Chapters cover the education of transport team members, support of parents whose infants require transport, communication, safety, quality improvement, medicolegal issues, return transport, and disaster planning. In addition, 15 appendices offer sample forms that serve as models for the timely and accurate documentation so crucial in the transport process.

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