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2. Neonatal intensive care unit - Wikipedia

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   A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), also known as an intensive care nursery (ICN), is an intensive care unit (ICU) specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. The NICU is divided into several areas, including a critical care area for babies who require close monitoring and intervention, an intermediate care area for infants ...

3. Neonatal nurse practitioner - Wikipedia

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   Primarily working in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) settings, NNPs select and perform clinically indicated advanced diagnostic and therapeutic invasive procedures. In the United States, a board certified neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP-BC) is an APRN who has acquired Graduate education at the master's or doctoral level and has a board ...

4. Neonatal nursing - Wikipedia

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   Neonatal nursing. An infant placed in a neonatal intensive care unit. Neonatal nursing is a sub-specialty 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 nursing requires a high degree of skill, dedication and emotional strength as they ...

5. Pediatric intensive care unit - Wikipedia

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   Pediatric intensive care unit. A pediatric intensive care unit at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Michigan. A pediatric intensive care unit (also paediatric), usually abbreviated to PICU (/ ˈpɪkjuː /), is an area within a hospital specializing in the care of critically ill infants, children, teenagers, and young adults aged 0–21.

6. Neonatology - Wikipedia

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   Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital -based specialty and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The principal patients of neonatologists are newborn infants who are ill or require special medical care ...

7. Respiratory therapist - Wikipedia

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   Respiratory therapist in an intensive care unit. Respiratory therapy, done by respiratory therapists, is a large variety of treatments to help with breathing and support the heart's work. Giving oxygen and drugs to ease breathing are two examples. Respiratory therapists also do patient assessments.