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Advanced-Practice Neonatal Nurse (APNN)
One who has completed an educational program of study and supervised practice beyond the level of basic nursing. Included in this category are neonatal clinical nurse specialist and neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP).
Category of Care - Basic Care
Evaluation of healthy neonates and care until discharge, resuscitation and stabilization of small or ill neonates before transfer to a specialty or subspecialty facility
Category of Care - Specialty Care
Care of preterm infants with a birth weight of 1,500g or more, care of high-risk mothers and fetuses both admitted and transferred from other facilities.
Category of Care - Subspecialty Care
Comprehensive perinatal care services for mothers and neonates of all risk categories, research and educational support, analysis of regional data, evaluation of new technology.
Category of Care - Free-Standing Children s Hospital
Level of neonatal specialty care; may or may not include obstetric services.
CPAP
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer
A technique that may be used in lieu of in vitro fertilization for women with at least one functioning fallopian tube. After egg retrieval, the eggs are mixed with the sperm and then injected through the fimbria into the fallopian tubes for in vivo fertilization.
Genetic Counseling
A service equipped with adequate lab facilities and directed by a qualified physician and AMCG-Certified Counselors.
Graduate Medical Education - Directly Sponsored
Costs of education are included in hospital costs.
Graduate Medical Education - Indirectly Affiliated
Hospital is used as a training site that residents rotate through but the facility bears none of the direct costs of education.
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
Board certified obstetrician with subspecialty certification in maternal-fetal medicine, i.e. Diplomates of the ACOG subspecialty of maternal-fetal medicine.
Mechanical Ventilation
The common name for a medical procedure in which the lungs are opened up (freed from fluids) by the use of a mechanical device inserted into the lungs.
Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist (APNN)
A person who is masters prepared in education, consultation, administration, research, and clinical skills.
Neonatal Continuing Care or Convalescent Care Beds
A bed that accommodates a neonate who is not ill, but requires more frequent feeding, those that require more hours of nursing, or those no longer needing intensive or intermediate care.
Neonatal Intensive Care Bed
A patient care station with the capability of providing neonatal intensive care services to severely ill neonates including those with the very lowest birth weights.
Neonatal Intermediate Care Beds
A bed where the intensity of staffing is less than the NICU, but greater than the routine care unit. The Guidelines of Perinatal Care: Fifth Edition1 identify 6-12 hours of nursing care each day as the average for intermediate care patients.
1Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2003 Newborn Services
The care and treatment of newborn infants, specifically infants in their first 28 days.
Nurses Aide/Orderly
A person who assists the nursing staff in caring for patients, under the direct supervision of a nurse.
OB Trained Anesthesiologists
Board certified anesthesiologist with training and experience in obstetric anesthesia.
Transfer In
Patient transferred from another practitioner or program for services that the referring source is either not prepared or not qualified to provide.
Transport Team
A trained team of personnel capable of evaluating and transporting high-risk mothers and infants from referring facilities.
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