TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit A1 - Rose, Rachel Unanue A1 - Wendland, Madalynn Tzagournis A2 - Effgen, Susan K. A2 - Fiss, Alyssa LaForme PY - 2021 T2 - Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children, Third Edition AB - The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a technologically advanced setting that provides care to infants who require highly specialized services. Infants served in the NICU are at high risk both medically and developmentally, requiring a team approach to their complex care. Physical therapists who work in the NICU provide examination, evaluation, and intervention to these high-risk infants. NICU care is a specialized area within pediatric physical therapy, involving a different approach than that used in other types of pediatric settings. Due to the physiological, medical, and developmental issues facing infants in the NICU, physical therapists require pediatric experience and advanced training to safely provide services (Sweeney, Heriza, & Blanchard, 2009). This chapter provides a basic overview of service delivery in the NICU. Further study is required for physical therapists wishing to work in the NICU, especially the most intensive level III and IV nurseries. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187761483 ER -