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Neonatal nursing is the provision of nursing care for newborn infants up to 28 days after birth. The term ''neonatal'' comes from ''neo'', "new", and ''natal'', "pertaining to birth or origin".〔 Neonatal nurses are a vital part of the neonatal care team.〔 ==Levels== There are four different levels of neonatal nursery where a neonatal nurse might work.〔 The updated classification of neonatal levels by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) includes a Level IV. * Level I consists of caring for healthy newborns. Level I nurseries are now uncommon in the United States. Healthy babies typically share a room with their mother, and both patients are usually discharged from the hospital quickly.〔 * Level II provides intermediate or special care for premature or ill newborns. At this level, infants may need special therapy provided by nursing staff, or may simply need more time before being discharged. * Level III, the Neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU), treats newborns who cannot be treated in the other levels and are in need of high technology to survive, such as breathing and feeding tubes. Nurses comprise over 90 percent of the NICU staff.〔 * Level IV includes all the skills of the level III but involves the extensive care the most critically and complex newborns. This facility will have 24 hour resident neonatologists and surgeons. They are involved with intricate surgical repairs like congenital cardiac issues and acquired malformations.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neonatal nursing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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