Mortality rate

Since America 's conception the right of privacy was considered a right, there 's even an amendment created to protect one 's privacy. But in recent times America has been discovered to breaking its own laws. It has been proven that the NSA been working with cellular companies to monitor and survey phone calls with their own citizens, declaring that it 's legal under the patriot act that was created by George Bush after September 11. This was exposed by a whistleblower named Edward Snowden who…

Education has been an important aspect of American politics since its inception. The debate on education continues to be a hot issue with all the economic, social, and political issues attached. As many believe, education allows an individual to become a better citizen and become more caring for other individuals. Many groups fight for their version of what they believe to be important. Education has continued to develop to allow for greater diversity. With this greater variety in education,…

The quality of life is best defined as the general well-being of individuals and societies. John A. Robertson argues that infants are persons, but believes we have no obligation to treat defective infants. Also, we have H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. who argues that infants are not persons, and believes there is a duty not to treat them if treatment prolongs a painful life. Altogether, Robertson and Engelhardt both have different views of the quality of life one possesses. John A. Robertson…

Riley Nold was born on April 23, 2002 and seemed to be a vigorous, normal baby until he was found to have congenital heart disease at two days old. Similar to most families, the Nolds had hopes and dreams of delivering a healthy baby boy, but the unexpected occurred, and Riley had to spend critical weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit. “Approximately 12 percent of all neonates in the United States require admission to the NICU” (Rizzo). When giving birth to a child, the majority of parents…

Birthmarks are blemishes on the skin that may occur at birth or after birth. Over eighty percent of babies are prone to have birthmarks. Birthmarks are not only hereditary, and some may be cancerous. There are two main tops of birthmarks; vascular and pigmented. This have several subdivisions that can be identified by shape, color, and size. While some birthmarks may fade out as the child grows, others are permanent and even grow. Depending on the type of birthmark is how treatment and severity…

APGAR is a quick test perform on a baby 1 and 5 minutes after birth. The 1-minute score determines how well the baby tolerated the birth process, and the 5-minutes score tells the doctor how well the baby is doing outside the mother’s womb. The APGAR is to determine whether a newborn needs breathing or is having heart trouble, to make sure that the baby is healthy, the score has to be of 7, 8, 9, these means that the baby is in good health. Any score lower than 7is a sign that the baby need…

Caring for a sick infant can be emotionally draining even when it is your profession. One profession that works with sick infants is neonatal nurses. A neonatal nurse “…works with newborn infants born with a variety of problems ranging from prematurity, birth defects, infection, cardiac malformations, and surgical problems. The neonatal period is defined as the first month of life; however, these newborns are often sick for months” ("What Is Neonatal Nursing?”). They can provide care in…

Hot Topics Personal Position Paper, “Should I Let My Baby Sleep With Me?” Co-Sleeping: NO! Hannah Myers University of Washington, School of Nursing The hot topic of co-sleeping has recently been the source of much debate. Parents are indecisive about what will be best for them and their baby. It is a very confusing topic, but after sufficient research, I have found that the risks outweigh the benefits. It is important to note that there are different “types” of…

The article talks about poor cities in Brazil, Shantytown called “alto do Gruzeiro” (Crucifix Hill), and Bom Jesus de mata. There is a bell that rings each time an infant or a baby dies. Most of these kids die unnamed and during birth but the fortunate babies who do survive will mostly last two or three months. Alto do Gruzeior is one of the three counties in shantytown that has the poorest representation of the third world countries, shantytown has mostly farms, ranches, sugar plantations and…

Emese Nagy, the author of Innate Inter-subjectivity: Newborns’ sensitivity to Communication Disturbance, designed a study that would determine if newborns have different responses to a communication disturbance modeled by the still face situation. The period of development this study studies is infancy. The developmental domain of this study is emotional and social. In order to qualify as a participant of the study, infants must be healthy and singleton requiring no neonatal intensive care. 90…