Excalibur

 Hypoglycemia/ Hyperglycemia in the Neonate

Your instructor for this module is Kelly Miller RN, BSN. Please email her with any questions or concerns at kmiller11@twu.edu

Module 4 Activities

Module 4 will discuss the effects of hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia in the neonatal population.

Activities:

1. Complete the required readings:

Folk, L.A. (2008). Guide to capillary heel stick sampling in infants. Advances in Neonatal Care, 7(4), 171-178.

Karlsen, K. (2006). The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program: Post-resuscitation/ Pre-transport stabilization care of sick infants; Guidelines for neonatal healthcare providers (5th Ed.). Pgs 5-17.

Merenstein, G.B. & Gardner, S.L. (2006). Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care (6th Ed.). St. Louis, MI: Mosby Elsevier. Chapter 15, pgs. 368 – 390.

2. Review the power point below.

3. Participate in the online discussion with your group, regarding the case study presented below.

4. Submit your conclusions for the case study at the end of the assignment.

Power Point Presentation: to view the version with sound clips, you must download this file to your computer. Right click on the link, save the file, then view as a slide show. There is a "quick view" of the power point below the link. But you must save the power point to your computer in order to hear the sound clips.

Case Study for discussion: Please open the power point below and review. Setup a time for your group to meet on Yahoo IM and discuss. You may start with a blog discussion but I recommend you all meet in "real time" to compose your findings. When you have finished your discussion, please submit a summary, in an essay format to me, your instructor -via email.