Neonatal nursing

The Neonatal Nurse and How They Care for Newborns Nursing has many different specialties. The specialty I am most excited for is neonatal. Neonatal nurses work with the newborn babies, otherwise known as neonates. There are different types of nurses for different types of care the babies may need. Premature infants may need a certain type of nurse, while other infants may be fine without the critical care. Like adults, babies need to be cared for and need to be assessed very carefully.…

mean? NICU means neonatal intensive care unit. It is like the intensive care unit, but for neonatal newborns. Neonatal refers to the first twenty-eight days of a child’s life. Therefore, the NICU is an intensive care unit for very young babies who have health problems. These babies have severe life threatening health conditions and need intensive care to become healthy. One of the most important people that take part in the process of helping these babies become healthy are neonatal nurse…

A thirty year old female presented to the delivery room with an uncomplicated vaginal birth. On examination, the baby girl was responsive, jaundiced, no dysmorphic features, and all vitals where normal. Blood bank results showed that the baby was O positive and had a strong positive direct anti-globulin (DAT) of a 4+. After having double phototherapy for thirty-six hours, the baby still had an increased reticulocyte count of 5.5 to 7.5 % and an increased bilirubin level of 7.0 to 18.0 mg/dL.…

This rational will focus on neonatal jaundice with a concentration on the associated implications of breastfeeding. The relevance of this topic is undeniable when considering that exclusively breastfed babies are at an increased risk of neonatal jaundice and the high prevalence of jaundice in newborns (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), 2010). Between 60-80% of newborns will develop some form of jaundice within the first week of life, 10% of those are likely to have…

to thrive, septicemia and febrile convulsion. Several textbooks mention prolonged neonatal jaundice as one symptom of UTI. Jaundice is very common in newborn babies occurring in approximately 60 and 80 % of pre-term babies. It is more common in breast-fed babies of whom 10 % will still have some jaundice at the age of 1 month. In term, babies who are older than 2 weeks, it is called persistent or prolonged neonatal jaundice.…

1 Angelena Presti LifeSpan Dev. Typically when parents find out that they are going to be, well parents they usually don’t know what exactly to expect, even with all of the help provided from books and social media but neither does the baby. Babies are a handful at times and can be very fragile and innocent creatures who have the potential to grow to be strong women and brave men. The babies do not always start out that way tho, many doctors and nurses know and have seen first hand babies fight…

Journey to Becoming a NICU Nurse There are many fields in nursing that some with a RN license can pursue. There’s ambulatory care nurse, burn care nurse, certified nurse midwife, or cardiac cath lab nurse. With many nursing fields out there it is hard to choose one without knowing what is required to get there. I’ve decided that I am interested in pursuing a career in the NICU department caring for high risk newborn’s and their families. To determine whether this career path is right for me I…

Article #1: Drozdowicz, Aleida A., and Dana Dillard. "Presence in the neonatal intensive care unit."International Journal of Childbirth Education 29.4 (2014): 63+. Academic OneFile. Web. 30 Nov. 2015. Summary: Aleida Drozdowicz is a registered nurse (RN) in Miami, Florida. She graduated from college and is certified as a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). She has skills in advanced holistic nursing, and she also is an instructor and practitioner in the healing touch program. As an RN, it…

Nursing in its essence is not simply a career as a medical care-giver but also a counselor, nutritionist, friend, psychiatrist, and so much more. A good nurse, in my opinion, helps their patients not just when they are physically hurting but also when they need mental help as well. They support their patients, listen to them even if just for a moment, so that they feel like they are more than just a person in a hospital bed but a human being. It is my belief that a good nurse holds both their…

degree and license I would like to specialize in neonatal medicine. “The neonatal period is defined as the first month of life; however, these newborns are often sick for months” (National Association of Neonatal Nurses). Some of the problems that a neonatal nurse works with is prematurity, birth defects, surgical problems, and cardiac malformations to name a few. Depending on the institution, further education varies but experience working in a neonatal intensive care unit as an RN is preferred…