Neonatal intensive care unit

Sepsis continues to be a significant cause of death and morbidity in the intensive care unit (ICU), with documented mortality rates as high as 50% (Nargis, Ibrahim, & Ahamed, 2014). Moreover, it is also estimated to be the principal cause of death and illness worldwide (Singer et al., 2016). The socioeconomic costs related to sepsis in the United States were determined to be more than $20 billion in 2011 (Balk et al., 2017). Also, there has been a steady increase in the incidences of sepsis…

and is the only pediatric trauma center (Level 1) in South Broward County with a total of 204 beds (JDCH, 2016). The hospital has a Level 2 and 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with 84 beds (JDCH, 2016). Their Pediatric Intensive Care Unit has 22 beds with 12 beds for Intermediate Care (JDCH, 2016). The hospital also has a Medical and Surgical Unit with 86 beds and a Hematology…

the end of my senior year, things have become more serious. About four years ago, my youngest sister was born, that’s when I realized that I wanted to be a nurse. Becoming a nurse is one of my biggest goals, I loved the thought of being able to take care of people and doing hands on work. I’ve struggled with debating on whether I want to take a year off after I graduate from high school or if I should go to college right after high school. Growing up in a single-parent home, my mother has been…

The labor and delivery unit at South Miami Hospital is one of the best and busiest units in Miami Dade County doing over 4,000 deliveries per year. They also have the most well-known High Risk Antepartum Unit because they offer both a Level II and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Because of their high risk unit they receive many patient transfers from hospitals that do not have a level III NICU. Over the last couple of years their turnover rate has increased dramatically. The…

happen at 37 weeks or earlier and occurs in 1 in every 10 births (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). Skin-to-skin contact, also known as Kangaroo Care, is proven to have positive effects on babies born prematurely and their mothers and can even show major health improvements in babies close to death. Kangaroo care is “holding your diapered baby on your bare chest (if you 're the father) or between your breasts (if you 're the mother)”…

During the work shift, nurse may have to move machines or equipment within the neonatal units. In addition, some nurses take classes that make them more busy and tired while they are at work. Nurses who work night shifts will experience more stress and burnout than nurses who work in daylight. Also, NICU nurses must meet the expectations…

NURS 6001 Professional My full name is Maria Guadalupe Rivera. I am number eight out of nine children. I was born in a small town in Zacatecas Mexico. At eight years old we immigrated to Southern California where I attended grade school and middle school. Just before my 15th birthday my mother once again relocated our family; this time we ended up in Heyburn Idaho. Living in Idaho I met who was to later be my husband and my life long support. I attended nursing school as a mother and a…

That could be called music enrichment and it could help emotions. But when care is prescribed or clinical, like in a hospital intensive-care unit, patients on ventilators who listen to music relax, while those who don't hear music grow more tense. Music therapists would use the kinds of music that would awaken creativity, synchronize motor skills, regulate…

groups responsible for running different units (neonatal care unit, intensive care unit, or recovery room).” (Johnson,…

Kangaroo Mother Care is defined as a technique involving skin-to-skin contact. It involves the baby wearing only a cloth on their back and a diaper. Kangaroo care began in 1978 in Bogotá, Colombia. The reason the practice had began was there was a death rate of nearly 70 percent for infants that were premature. The main causes for infant death rates during that time included infants getting infections, infants having problems with their respiratory systems, and having no attention given to them…