It was time for the routine checkups, which is mainly documenting the newborns progress on charts stored at the foot of each child’s incubator. “Parents only get to visit a couple times a day usually, rarely are they even allowed to hold their newborn children”, John explained. I think he noticed the horror on my face when he said that because he immediately responded saying “Often we let the parents go see them anyways even if it’s not really visiting hours”. That left me with some comfort for the poor families. I felt extreme compassion for how they could possibly deal with something like this. John seemed very strong and positive even when talking about the sicker babies. He made me hopeful that I could be a nurse like that one day
It was time for the routine checkups, which is mainly documenting the newborns progress on charts stored at the foot of each child’s incubator. “Parents only get to visit a couple times a day usually, rarely are they even allowed to hold their newborn children”, John explained. I think he noticed the horror on my face when he said that because he immediately responded saying “Often we let the parents go see them anyways even if it’s not really visiting hours”. That left me with some comfort for the poor families. I felt extreme compassion for how they could possibly deal with something like this. John seemed very strong and positive even when talking about the sicker babies. He made me hopeful that I could be a nurse like that one day