Neonatal intensive care unit

How to Become a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner That Makes a Difference. A Neonatal Nurse Practitioner is an advanced practice nurse that cares for premature and, unhealthy newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). In order to become a successful Neonatal Nurse Practitioner you will have to complete specific steps, such as getting your bachelors in nursing (BSN) and more. Once you complete the steps you will have the opportunity to provide good hands on care for patients. Some…

Some say that becoming a NICU nurse is a “calling”, I say it’s a blessing from god. First of all I have a very sincere desire to want to help and care for babies. I have to be able to watch success, and see some failures. Failures being the babies that do not survive, but I have to remember they are sent from god; therefore, he has the ability to take them away from us. Success is seeing babies that are told they will never service, and in the end be healthy. Some parents may even call NICU…

due to infections and sepsis deaths of other causes. This puts the United States on the global rank as number 33rd out of 179 countries of death related to childbirth. The cause of this is unknown, but it is believed that it is the lack of medical care between the poverty and wealth difference in this country. Race also plays an important role. US is a developed country compared to others on the list, another reason for the high mortality rate is the medical interventions used to diagnose…

Organization (2012), 1 in 10 babies around the world are born prematurely. This equates to more than 15 million preterm births worldwide each year. Many of these babies will require special care to just stay alive (WHO, 2012). This means that many of these babies will experience some care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) depending on gestational age and other clinical conditions. Lenclen and Carbajal (2007) found that an infant may have as many as 115 procedures performed in a two…

department or unit encounter is ethical issues. These ethical issues, even though may sometimes attract vague scrutiny, nurses faced with problems such as ethics, no matter how little, often times feel uneasy, troubled, and…

working as a neuro-intensive care unit registered nurse for one year at St. Luke’s Medical Center. The experience of working as a registered nurse in the neuro-intensive care unit has been an amazing opportunity to discover my interests in healthcare, build my skills as a nurse, and help determine what area of healthcare I am interested in working in as an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP). I have learned to love caring for patients in the intensive care unit, especially…

Health Care Report on Neonatal Nurses Neonatal nursing is a specialized area of nursing that works with newborn infants who are born with different health problems like; prematurity, birth defects, infection, cardiac malformations, and surgical problems. The first month of life is known as the neonatal period for newborns, which is where the practice got its name. These newborns are often sick for months. Neonatal nurse jobs involve care for those infants who experience problems after birth,…

1.1 Background Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are intensive medical care unit for newborn baby who born in low weight, early born and develop problems on birth. It provides critical care for babies less than 1 month and at birth. NICU is a combination of trained health care and advanced technology to provide care for babies. Newborn who admitted in NICU are susceptible to infection especially neonates which has immature host defense mechanisms. In NICU, this neonate frequently expose to…

outpatient, medical, surgical and emergency care. The sheer number of patients this hospital can accommodate is impressive and a clear asset; the amount of those in need of care results in a high number of clinical professionals in the same place to collaborate and provide the best expertise for community members. Key service lines offered by MRMC is a strength. Of the fifteen services cited earlier in this analysis, they are best known for their cardiac unit. The facilities diverse services and…

“Nursing-sensitive outcomes are defined as changes in health status upon which nursing care has had a direct influence, “according to Yang, Ke-Ping A., Simms, Lillian M., Yin, Jeo-Chen T. This is when a patient’s health status changes due to the current treatment or healthcare delivery and fulfillment. Some of the factors that may contribute to Nursing-sensitive patient outcomes include the following bio-psychosocial functioning and patient satisfaction. Two examples of nursing-sensitive patient…