Neonatal intensive care unit

and fulfillment. While interviewing Ashley, I also changed my perspective of nursing homes. Valley View Health Care Facility was the first nursing home I visited since my grandfather died on January 30, 2009. His death in a nursing home made me develop a negative view of nursing homes and the treatment of their residents. Once I saw how the residents were treated at Valley View Health Care Facility, it made me realize that nursing homes are not all depressing places to be, and the staff can and…

This research paper is written on infant and toddler development from birth to three years of age. I chose this topic to research because I am an aspiring Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit (NICU) Nurse. Neonatal nursing is a subspecialty of nursing that works with newborn infants that are born with a variety of problems right after birth (What Is Neonatal Nursing?). To successfully pursue this career, I must understand the process of birth, and how the infant develops. Pregnancy lasts for…

It is quite understandable that you are excited and happy to see a new bundle of joy added to your family. The excitement and anticipation can be quite exhilarating that you want to induce labor at the soonest possible time as soon as your baby reaches the full term of 38 to 42 weeks gestation. But is induction really safe for your baby and you... or not? Before you give out a consent for an induction to go through, you need to know what are the possible risks that you might have to face should…

There are many ethical dilemmas that health care professionals and their patients go through. The following dilemma will be in regards to a case study about a baby named Thomas. Thomas was born prematurely and immediately transferred to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for a selection of measures to help him stay alive including actions for adequate cerebral perfusion and cardio- respiratory function. After 52 days in NICU, Thomas has had poor response to his treatment and while his parents…

affordable care act is allowing more low income families to obtain affordable health insurance. When children and their parents do not have health insurance it is common for the family to not go to the doctor due to lack of funds. With the affordable health care act more children are going to be able to afford to go to the doctor therefore, pediatric nurses are going to be more in demand. In an article by the American Academy of Pediatrics it is explained that the changes in pediatric care due…

Description of Disease Transposition of the great arteries is a life threatening congenital heart defect. In transposition of the great arteries, the two main arteries, the aorta and the pulmonary artery, are reversed. These arteries are responsible for carrying blood away from the heart through the left or right ventricle depending on whether the blood has been oxygenized or not. In a normal heart, there is a constant blood flow pattern in which blood is cycled from the body to the heart, the…

AGS is an autosomal-dominant condition affecting several body systems and characterized by neonatal jaundice along with a paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts on liver histology. It is also known as Alagille-Watson syndrome or arterio-hepatic dysplasia, and is caused by defects in the Notch signaling pathway. The disease affects the liver, heart, skeleton, eyes, kidneys, central nervous system, and is associated with characteristic facial features. (1, 2) The syndrome was first described by…

pack of cigarettes would be half gone. She was not pregnant during this time, but she still has a son who she needs to take care of instead of her craving for cigarettes every half-hour. Now that she is pregnant she still smokes, but the amount of cigarettes smoked have definitely declined since she started using the NicoDerm CQ. She is a great mother and good at taking care of her kids but she does love her cigarettes. She bursts out of the…

they could get care. Personal experiences in 2016 further reveal that wait times in emergency department is still a persistent problem in the Emergency Departments across Canadian hospitals. This paper will explore wait times in the Emergency Department in Canadian hospitals. Within the scope of this paper, the factors contributing to the wait times in EDs will be examined as well as investigating the effects of wait times on the clients and medical professionals working in this unit of the…

resulting in the birth of multiples which can create a very dangerous situation for both mother and babies (Hawkins 1-2). Twins and triplets come with health risks including higher chances of premature birth, still-birth, cesarean section, and neonatal intensive care unit admission (Klein 1). In regular cases, one to three embryos are recommended but many more can be transferred at the request of the mother. After implantation, the doctor decides which embryos will be aborted or “selectively…