Multidisciplinary Guidelines for the Care of Late Preterm Infants
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Of the 500,000 babies born prematurely each year, 75 percent are late preterm infants born between 34 and 36 6/7 weeks. Because these babies often look and seem normal, at least at first, much less attention is focused on this group than on babies born more prematurely.
In response to increasing awareness of the very real risks for late preterm infants, the National Perinatal Association has worked in collaboration with many partners across the spectrum of care, to create multidisciplinary guidelines that provide evidence-based recommendations for the care of late preterm infants.
These guidelines give healthcare providers and others a roadmap that focuses attention on the unique needs of late preterm infants from birth through early childhood, helping to ensure potential health risks aren't overlooked.
The guidelines are formatted into four distinct sections for easy review:
- In-Hospital Assessment and Care
- Transition to Outpatient Care
- Short-Term Follow-Up Care
- Long-Term Follow-Up Care
Additionally, within each section you will find detailed information for Healthcare Team Actions and for Family Educations in the following categories:
- Stability
- Screening
- Safety
- Support
Thank you to our Collaborating Partners, without whom the guidelines would not reflect the truly multidisciplinary focus.
- Academy of Neonatal Nursing
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Nurse-Midwives
- Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
- Case Management Society of America
- Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc.
- Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
- March of Dimes
- Mothers & Babies Perinatal Network of South Central New York
- National Association of Neonatal Nurses
- National Association of Neonatal Therapists
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- National Association of Perinatal Social Workers
- NBNA
- Nurse-Family Partnership
- Oklahoma Infant Alliance
Additionally, we would like to acknowledge the following Endorsing Organizations whose acceptance of these guidelines provide further evidence to the truly multidisciplinary value of this tool.
- Academy of Neonatal Nursing
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Nurse-Midwives
- Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
- Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc.
- Hand To Hold
- Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
- Mothers & Babies Perinatal Network of South Central New York
- National Association of Neonatal Nurses
- National Association of Neonatal Therapists
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- National Association of Perinatal Social Workers
- Nurse-Family Partnership
- Oklahoma Infant Alliance
- Zoe's New Beginnings