Childbirth

A profession that gets misunderstood all the time is nursing. Nursing is more than giving shots and cleaning up after people. Watching people grow and get better or helping people as they take their last breath is the most rewarding thing I have done. I graduated from the nursing program at Rich Mountain Community College in 2015. Having gone through the nursing clinicals, I found that nurses play a big role in all departments of the hospital including surgery, rehab, and labor and delivery.…

My internship is at UC Davis Medical Center in the Clinical Social Services Department. This semester, the interns are doing rounds in the hospital. What that means is that each week, I am in a different unit of the hospital shadowing a Social Worker and taking cases if I feel comfortable. With that being said, I have not had the opportunity to have a client for a long period of time. Next semester, I will have to chose one or two units that I want to work in and that is where I will have my own…

The Story of My Search “We need a doctor in here stat. She’s about to have this baby!” shouted the nurse. It was at this time I realized I wanted to go into the field of labor and delivery when I shadowed my dad on one of his shifts. I have always known I that I would like to pursue some type of skill in the medical field because I have always been around it. I have always loved helping people, so of course this is the perfect thing for me. The first place I looked for information about…

What is being a woman? This word has been thrown around a lot in the past couple of years. For some this question could be easy to answer. A woman is someone who has the anatomy of a female. However, this is not always true. Although people commonly think of the word woman as a stereotype as someone who has the makeup of a woman, this word actually means strong and beautiful. Some people commonly define the word woman as someone who has the makeup of a female. What is the physical makeup of a…

defects, and possibly a miscarriage. Not treating your body carefully or doing as the doctor says can result in terrible consequences for the mother, the baby, and the family. Miscarriages are another huge factor that can affect the child and the mother. A woman who does not want her child has the option to terminate her pregnancy by aborting it but not taking care of your body properly can result in a miscarriage. Depending on the age of the mother, there can be more risks for a miscarriage as…

Home Visiting Programs Effects on Prevention of Rapid Repeat Births and Child Maltreatment Rapid Repeat Births (RRBs) and Teen Repeat Births (TRB) are one of the main concerns home visiting programs focus on (Ownbey, Ownbey & Cullen, 2011). Previous research has concluded that RRBs in teens or adults have many negative side effects on the mother and the children. Research has shown that mothers who have another child within three years of their previous child were more likely to be emotionally…

Silvia Plath’s “Metaphors” is read through the words of a pregnant woman, who finds herself in an unideal situation. A Metaphor is defined as “a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison” which is what “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath is unsurprisingly composed of. The overarching metaphor is subtle, but the meaning and significance is clear. “Metaphors” exemplifies the expression “beating around…

Cultural Care for Incarcerated Pregnant Women The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care (The National CLAS Standards, 2016) are standards that encourage an organization to improve upon the health care needs due to the increasing diverse population in America (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health [HHS], 2013). African Americans make up 53 percent of the North Carolina prison system with 7 percent of inmates…

This memo intends to provide thoughtful feedback about the simulation done in class as a part of the Management & Operation program. The instructor will share this memo with McGraw-Hill to improve and adjourn the program. This memo is divided into two parts. The first part will specifically address the following points: 1) Overall experience with the simulation 2) Strengths of the simulation 3) Weaknesses of the simulation 4) Key opportunities to improve the simulation…

In a human’s life there are important milestones that we all go through such as: marriage, graduating from college, being independent and most importantly giving birth. Delivering a baby is definitely something monumental in a woman’s life because only they can experience the pain and difficulty it took in pushing out that baby. But for some women they tend to try and avoid as much pain as possible and opt for the C-section route vs the natural delivery route. In the past C-sections were not…