title: Neonatal intensive care: decision making in the face of prognostic uncertainty.
abstract: This article discusses ethical decisions faced by parents and physicians in evaluating neonates. The role of the neonatal nurse is to be caretaker of the most vulnerable. The nurse assumes the role of safeguarding the infant's well-being, necessitating both parental engagement and work within an interdisciplinary team.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Pierce
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D018447:Medical Futility; D017283:Neonatal Nursing; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D014428:Twins, Conjoined; D035501:Uncertainty; D014481:United States