Breastfeeding Telephone Triage And Advice

"Breastfeeding Telephone Triage and Advice is an all-new decision support tool developed to help nurses, lactation professionals, and other medical professionals confidently advise breastfeeding mothers. Created by one of the field's foremost authorities, Maya Bunik, MD, MSPH, FABM, FAAP, it is designed to be used in tandem with the acclaimed American Academy of Pediatrics best seller Pediatric Telephone Protocols. This volume introduces 60 practice-tested protocols presented on easy-reading double-column pages to help simplify targeted triage decision-making"--EBL.

This newly revised 4th edition is a valuable problem-solver that helps nurses, lactation professionals, and other medical staff confidently advise breastfeeding mothers. Featured in this edition are 5 new protocols! It is ideal for use with the acclaimed Pediatric Telephone Protocols.

Breastfeeding A-Z: Terminology and Telephone Triage, Second Edition provides lactation consultants, nurses, physicians, and nutritionists with evidence-based information on breastfeeding issues that may present as telephone calls. Completely updated and revised with new health policy information, this new edition covers the triage guides for common problems such as breast pain, engorgement, and concerns about milk supply. Also included is an encyclopedia of terms relevant to breastfeeding in both plain language and in medical terminology. Important words direct further questions and help readers clarify the situation and decide the appropriate urgency and disposition of the case. Breastfeeding A-Z: Terminology and Telephone Triage, Second Edition is ideal for new and experienced clinicians.

Performing telephone triage requires the ability to make quick and effective decisions based on limited information. This rapid-access resource delivers more than 200 triage protocols for evaluating patients' symptoms over the telephone. Each symptom entry lists questions, grouped by urgency level, to determine whether the caller should seek emergency care immediately, seek medical care the same day, call back for appointment, or follow home care instructions. Detailed home care instructions are then provided. Simple, direct, and useful, this is the most comprehensive and user-friendly telephone triage book available.

Pediatric Primary Care: Practice Guidelines for Nurses, Fifth Edition is a comprehensive resource for well-child management and acute care management of childhood illnesses in a primary care setting. Written by practicing experts, this text is intended for advanced practice nursing students as a quick reference guide once they enter clinical practice. To manage initial and follow-up visits, the Fifth Edition features templates for gathering first visit history, as well as a template to record new information since the last visit. Instructions for gathering medical history information are also included.

This book covers a wide range of topics which are pertinent to the provision of excellent healthcare for women.

The practice of neonatology requires a careful balance between modern technology and the prevention of unintended damage to a newborn. Early therapeutics were based on adult medicine, with often catastrophic results to the baby. As research and understanding of physiology and therapeutics have expanded, care of the preterm and sick infant has improved drastically. Avery’s Neonatology is a practical guide to understanding the pathophysiology of the newborn so that appropriate treatment decisions can be made.