Long-term care is often a catchall term for many types of care in the current health care system. Long-term care or long-term acute care may be used to describe care provided for a technology-dependent infant in a hospital setting. The use of this terminology is based on the setting in which care is provided, typically the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). However, in the larger patient care sphere, acute care is generally defined as “a pattern of health care in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness, for the sequelae of an accident or other trauma, or during recovery from surgery. Acute care is usually given in a hospital by specialized personnel using complex and sophisticated technical equipment and materials, and it may involve intensive or emergency care.”1(p43)Chronic care is defined as services that “focus on long-term care of people with...
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1 October 2014
Pediatric Perspectives|
October 01 2014
The Long Road Home: Neonatal Long-term Care
Suzanne L. Staebler, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC;
Suzanne L. Staebler, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
Suzanne L. Staebler is Associate Professor, Clinical Track, and Specialty Program Coordinator, NNP Program, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, 1520 Clifton Rd NE, Room 346, Atlanta, GA 30322 ([email protected]). Lisa Alianiello is Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Services, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Beth Kosch is CCBPD Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Services, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Erin Keels is Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program, Neonatal Services, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
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Lisa Alianiello, MS, APRN, NNP-BC, CPNP-AC;
Lisa Alianiello, MS, APRN, NNP-BC, CPNP-AC
Suzanne L. Staebler is Associate Professor, Clinical Track, and Specialty Program Coordinator, NNP Program, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, 1520 Clifton Rd NE, Room 346, Atlanta, GA 30322 ([email protected]). Lisa Alianiello is Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Services, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Beth Kosch is CCBPD Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Services, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Erin Keels is Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program, Neonatal Services, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
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Beth Kosch, MS, APRN, NNP-BC
Beth Kosch, MS, APRN, NNP-BC
Suzanne L. Staebler is Associate Professor, Clinical Track, and Specialty Program Coordinator, NNP Program, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, 1520 Clifton Rd NE, Room 346, Atlanta, GA 30322 ([email protected]). Lisa Alianiello is Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Services, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Beth Kosch is CCBPD Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Services, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Erin Keels is Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program, Neonatal Services, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
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AACN Adv Crit Care (2014) 25 (4): 330–333.
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Suzanne L. Staebler, Lisa Alianiello, Beth Kosch; The Long Road Home: Neonatal Long-term Care. AACN Adv Crit Care 1 October 2014; 25 (4): 330–333. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/NCI.0000000000000049
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