Childbirth

In the neonatal nursing unit there are a large number of infants suffering in need of as much help as they can get. When I think of how much they have to go through just to live, it motivates me more to become one of their nurses. I recently read a Nursing journal article called “Extremely Preterm infant skin care” by Deanna E. Johnson APRN, NNP- BC, CWON. The actual journal was called Professional Growth and Development. Amongst this journal article, there was a few things in it that…

There were many themes in the videos concerning important maternal health issues in Egypt and Haiti. One theme is that they were based in impoverished areas with little access to care. Being able to afford and have a place to go for medical help is important for the well being of the residents. Both places had some complications with birth that lead to the baby or the mother dying or being sick that was not well taken care of. The cultures in both these areas were different. It appeared as if…

Through the interviews conducted as part of the present study and the literature reviewed, women experiences and utilization of health care system were examined. Based on the responses of all three interviewees, maternal experience was exhibited differently among the participants depending on many factors such maternal age, race and pregnancy intention. Maternal and birth outcomes were also varied and may be inconsistent with the reviewed literatures. Pregnancy intention was one of the factors…

On the labor and delivery floor, during my preceptorship, many patients were induced by a medication called Dinoprostone. If the patients were being induced they would come in the night before and be admitted. At this time the nurses orient the patient and family to their room, complete the labor and delivery admission record, hook the patient up to the fetal monitors, and perform an assessment that includes maternal vital signs, heart and lung sounds, deep tendon reflexes, and signs of edema.…

Infant mortality is one of the important and widely used health indicators in the United State. While the definite cause of the infant mortality is still unknown, there are factors that are associated with the infant death. By looking at the trends between the trends between 1960 and 1995, we learn about many of these factors. Infant mortality rate declined slowly from 1960 to 1964, perhaps that is because the gap in mortality between black and white infants narrowed dramatically in this time…

Abortion is the planned termination of a human pregnancy. Several philosophers and activists have argued over if it is permissible. The author of A Defense of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson, is correct about her argument that abortion is permissible even if the fetus is a person. This is because a woman’s right to bodily autonomy, which, combined with the woman’s own right to life, takes precedent over a fetus’s right to life. Even if people claim that she gave the fetus permission to be there,…

Introduction In his book, Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results Michael Porter outlines some of the fundamental issues in the American health care system that are contributing to rising health care expenses and insufficient care. Overtreatment, undertreatment, and medical errors are major issues that Porter claims are the result of lack of competition, and a healthcare system that is both too broad, and too narrow. These major issues are prominent in the delivery…

The Birth of Jaime and Autumn It was a bitter cold winter day in January 1999 when I arrived at the hospital to be induced. Nine months prior to this day I found out that I was pregnant with twins. When twins are in utero they are known as baby “A” and baby “B”. On that day I felt the same feelings that I was feeling on this day in January. I was scared, excited, nervous and happy all at the same time. My mom was by my side every step of the way and was excited to be going through this…

Analyzing one of the opening scenes of the film “Little Otik”, directed by Jan Svankmajer. This scene begins with a black and white version of two mannequins in many different sex positions. Preceding that scene is a colored close up of a tree being sawed and chopped down. We see the wife of the man cutting the tree down looking out the window with a saddened face. As she glares at her husband cutting down the tree she comes inside to open a trunk that seems to have a lot of sentimental meaning…

According to the medical clinic, “a miscarriage is a spontaneous loss of pregnancy before the twentieth week”. Almost ten to twenty percent of pregnancies result in a miscarriage. Anxiety and depression are common side effects of miscarriage, and especially if the woman has lost more than one child to a miscarriage. Many miscarriages have led to post-partum depression in women. While multiple miscarriages can cause post-partum depression, there is no increased risk for women who have a history…