Neonatal nursing

With many jobs to choose from today, one in particular goes unknown within the general public. Most people know the difference between a registered nurse and a physician. However, the job of a nurse practitioner is often overlooked. A nurse practitioner has a higher status than a registered nurse, but does not have the medical credentials of a doctor. The actual job description of a nurse practitioner, course to becoming a nurse practitioner, and specialized fields of practice, should all be…

Life as a Nurse Practitioner The nurse practitioner allows for stability, order, and conduct to be maintained in the medical field. Personal qualities is a huge factor for a nurse practitioner and could be a tie breaking situation. Nurse practitioners are responsible for a lot that goes on in the hospital and are looked upon to make some serious decisions. They help a lot of people in scared situation based on their education and in most cases experience. They are vital in every medical…

units are utilized until the patient’s condition stabilizes enough to qualify them for discharge to a general care floor. ICU The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Midland Healthcare has a specialized facility dedicated to offering careful monitoring, nursing, and advanced respiratory support to the patients. The unit operates 24 hours a day by certified specialists, practitioners, seasoned critical care nurses, and physicians, who are committed to providing the highest level of clinical care.…

CONTEXTUAL PROJECT ON PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING. PROGRAM NAME – BSN IO STUDENT NAME: ADEREMI OLUBUNMI BOLAWA (MRS) ADMISSION NO – 16064. DUE DATE: - 24TH OF DEC. 2016 INTRODUCTION This contextual project work consists of Ten (10) concept from the Module Entitled – ‘‘PUBLIC HEALTHNURSING’’ BSN 10 I will describe each of the concepts in terms of its meaning, critically analyze it for its real life application and will be followed by some references of the current research evidence.…

The nursing leader I choose to interview is someone I highly respect, someone highly respected by those around her as well. I first met Tamera King three years ago when I first floated to the intensive care unit (ICU). I could see the respect others had for her judgment. Ms. King was a prodigy, a woman of great knowledge. I valued her input and guidance. Ms. King is one of the day shift charge nurses on one of the four ICUs at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa. Specifically, she works in the…

For forty-five years, the role of the acute care nurse practitioner has evolved from working in the neonatal intensive care unit to working for people of all ages and across the many specialties of acute healthcare, including the adult-gerontology intensive care unit (Haut & Madden, 2015). The need for nurse practitioners has increased as healthcare has…

Organization Assessments: Staffing Decisions made about staffing in any institution can have lasting effects on the quality of work done by employees, staff retention rates, and consumer satisfaction. Staffing functions consist of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and orienting staff. Scheduling, staff development, employee socialization, and team building are also often included as staff functions (Marquis & Huston, 2014, p. 37). Staffing is an important phase in the management process to keep…

in the field of nursing. According to the American Nurses Association (2008), advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is an umbrella term and incorporates four roles: clinical nurse specialists (CNS), certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA), certified nurse midwives (CNM), and nurse practitioners (NP). The APRN is educated in one of these four roles and at least one of six population foci: family and individual across the life span, adult-gerontology, pediatrics, neonatal, women’s…

a referral has been made to the stoma care nurse specialist. A referral system for members of the multidisciplinary team in the neonatal unit facilitates early contact with the clinical nurse specialist (Porter, 2014). It allows them to provide the family with education, support and an ongoing plan of care. Various changes and developments involving stoma care in nursing have occurred in the United Kingdom through the years. Black (2016) highlighted that stoma care on its own used to be the most…

doctor. My dream is to change the lives of newborn babies every day. On a national average 3.6 million babies are lost every year. For me, becoming a neonatal nurse, I can help decrease this number every year and improve the lives of others. When you are a neonatal nurse you are able to experience things that normal jobs don’t see on a daily basis. Neonatal Nurse Katie Jones states “The best part about my job would be I can give these little babies the best the start at life, seeing the baby…