Intensive care medicine

Neonates are exposed to an assortment of stimuli that generate pain on a daily basis including mechanical ventilation, repeated heel sticks for blood draws, acute medical illnesses, postoperative issues, and even invasive procedures. It has been found that acutely ill neonates in the NICU are subject to between 50 and 132 bedside procedures that can cause pain in a single 24-hour period (Witt, 2016). Nurses, in their nature, strive to make comfort their primary focus. They must alleviate the…

The neonatal intensive care unit is a place where the most vulnerable infants are cared for around the clock. All measures to insure their health and well-being must be implemented at all times. What may present as a minor illness to some can have devastating effects on an infants immune system, which is not fully developed. Specific visitation guidelines are imperative in keeping babies protected from any outside dangers. Visitors must always follow these guidelines and receive proper education…

Neonatal Nurse are known to help with different kind of babies who are suffering with different health problems. Neonatal Nurses care for babies that are normal. premature, have illnesses, birth defects and they work in the NICU ( Neonatal Intensive Care Units). Neonatal Nursing was founded in California, 1984. The career of Neonatal Nursing is about making decisions and being able to manage to help babies that are at high risk. Neonatal Nurses, are here to lower the risks of young babies and…

"Presence in the neonatal intensive care unit."International Journal of Childbirth Education 29.4 (2014): 63+. Academic OneFile. Web. 30 Nov. 2015. Summary: Aleida Drozdowicz is a registered nurse (RN) in Miami, Florida. She graduated from college and is certified as a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). She has skills in advanced holistic nursing, and she also is an instructor and practitioner in the healing touch program. As an RN, it is Aleida’s job to apply the concepts of care towards…

With all of the advances that have been made in respiratory care, it leaves us with a number of different therapies and equipment available to suit the needs of patients from any age, disease, and demographic. Though these different options are accessible to most acute care hospitals, there is not enough education being done for the proper implementation of these resources or protocols to help drive them. In terms of neonatal non-invasive ventilation, there are several methods of helping…

Weber State University Web-Camera System in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit NICview is a password-protected Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) webcam system mounted close to the premature infant, or patient, that allows remote viewing by parents and family members. (Hill, 2011) The system was designed to facilitate the bonding of parents with their infant by providing 24/7 access for remote locations. A NICU webcam program allows management of the camera by the NICU staff, meaning they have…

learning a trade or a hobby, or even as simple as life lessons. My personal idea of education is going to the traditional route of college and receiving the degree for the occupation I desire. With my goal of being a Nurse Practioner in the neonatal intensive care unit, this requires the completion of high school and 6 years of college. Furthering my education beyond high school is a custom for my family and almost expected. As my parents and their parents have grown up and experienced life they…

respiratory distress syndrome in children (i.e., tachycardia, tachypnea, hypotention and shock) requires quick evaluation and initiation of a complex treatment plan involving hospitalist, intensivist, pulmonologist and pediatrician collaboratively rendering care that is in harmony with the goals of treatment (i.e., ventilation, oxygenation and…

c. Breath sounds, heart sounds, and abdominal sounds d. Communicate succinctly with other care…

I was very happy I received the opportunity to observe down in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and shadow the nurse Stacy. I am interested in pediatric nursing, and although I was a patient in the PICU at one time in my life, I did not get to see or learn a whole lot about it. I was surprised to find out the nurse I was shadowing had her Associates Degree in Nursing along with some of the other nurses on the unit. For some reason, I just figured the nurses would all have their…