Neonatal intensive care unit

The theory that best supports the position of decreasing breastfeeding barriers in the neonatal intensive care unit is the organizational change theory. The Change theory is used to initiate organizational change (Yoder-Wise, 2015). By changing the culture in the NICU, barriers that prevent maternal lactation and the feeding of human milk will allow for mothers of premature infants to obtain the support that is needed to provide the ultimate nutrition for their babies. However, Organizational…

plan. Years of thinking have passed and I finally know what I want to accomplish in my life… I have decided that I want to go into the medical field and work in the Emergency unit. Before my realization of what I wanted to be when I grew up, I took classes…

This bacterial species causes outbreaks in various hospital wards, more frequently in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Neuro-surgery and Neurology4,10,11,12. Patients at risk are those with debilitating disorders, those treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and those in intensive care who are subjected to instrumentation such as tracheostomy tubes or indwelling catheters8. Serratia marcescens infections are known to be transmitted through…

because they are particularly fragile at this point of their lives. In order for a parent or family member to interact with the newborn they must be taught how because of their fragile state. The nurses are busy making sure the baby receives all the care it need in order to survive, therefore they do not have spare time to teach each family member how to interact with the baby, and answer all the families questions. The family has a right to be taught and have their questions and concerns…

planning process. When patients do not perceive they are ready for discharge the transition to home is often unsuccessful resulting in emergency department visits and readmission. This is also true when an infant is discharged from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where the parent perception of discharge readiness is desired (Berry et al., 2013). A parent achieves the perception of discharge readiness through effective education and discharge planning. Nurses are responsible for…

look up to. I look up to most of my friends and family. My friends show me how to be kind and gentle, while my family teaches me how to be nice to others. Education is important to me because it gets me ready to be in the real world and how to take care of myself. My education consists of mostly accelerated classes. It also consists of TVMSC (Treasure Valley Math and…

the babies, like I would want somebody to treat my baby when I am not there, that’s the most important thing.” Renee, a NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) nurse, describes how she takes care of the babies on severe condition every day. One day, she is asked to watch a video message and soon realizes that it is delivered from the babies’ moms to appreciate her miraculous care for their babies. Soon after, the healthily grown-up babies and the whole family actually appear and they have a…

Five years from now, I see myself completing a doctoral-level occupational therapy program and beginning a journey of making people’s lives worth living. This accomplishment will overwhelm my spirits knowing that I have reached a point in my life that I have worked so diligently for. I know I will want to work full-time in a community where I am needed the most. I would aspire to be utilized in a variety of settings such as an outpatient clinic as well as acute facilities. I appreciate the…

Zika Virus is a disease that is being transmitted by mosquitos. The disease was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in anthropoids.Then, it was first identified in humans in 1952. Outbreak of the Zika Virus has been recorded in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. It was recorded in America in 2015. There were two cases that the Zika Virus was passed through sexual intercourse, and one case where Zika was found in semen of a human. There are multiple ways of prevention, treatment, and…

A 4 hours old age neonatal male with 37 weeks gestational age which admitted to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) because of bradycardia (60-70 beats/ minute) and respiratory distress . His mother was 22 years old (Gravid 2, Para 1, Abortion 0) with normal examination and vital signs and pervious normal delivery. In 29 weeks gestational age she was reported to our emergency department because of fetus bradycardia (70-80 beats/ minute) in routine abdominal sonographic study. Ultrasound revealed…