Newborn screening

the Development of Children Introduction In recent years, there have been an incredible number of medical breakthroughs in prenatal care and childbirth. Since the 1970s, over 800 prenatal tests have been developed to enable early intervention and screening (Brody D5). Despite these advances, infant mortality rates and child development have not made dramatic changes for the better. An important explanation for this lack of progress is prenatal stress. Prenatal stress can be caused by numerous…

However, on the other hand these two entities differ in the population they educate and promote. Public/Community focuses on a specific population such infants and newborns within the community that may be through an organization such as Women Infant and Child (WIC). Whereas Worksite Health Education focuses on the population of employees within an organization such as healthcare employees in a hospital. Laws, rules…

During my research for this paper, I determined that there is a high infant mortality rate among African-American women in the United States. According to a National Vital Statistics Report, United States is ranked the highest among all countries in the world for infant mortality rate (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014). Statistics have also shown that infant mortality rate is the highest among African-Americans both statewide and nationwide and also including Franklin…

and justice. The American College of Nurse-Midwifery integrates these principles into their code of ethics. According to the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) (2015), a midwife’s mission is to “promote the health and well-being of women and newborns within their families and communities”. In order to achieve this mission, a midwife must follow 3 ethical mandates. These mandates deal with the care provided by the midwife to women and their families, providing public good that benefits…

treatment data. 5-one of the factors of using CDC is to improve patient care. 6-Early diseases detection and intervention. 7-it provides a Connection to information system electronic Records related to health. 8- it provides a practice called newborn screening which is considered one of the first interaction to be established between clinical care and public health, it involves sharing of information and services in a timely manner. the health information needs to travel from its birthing…

Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was a woman who pioneered nursing as a profession due to her passion for nursing. During the Crimean War, the British government discovered that they needed someone to assist with those who were injured. In 1854, they appointed Florence Nightingale as the superintendant of the nursing staff due to her ability to provide nursing services (Hood, 2014). Florence Nightingale changed the way healthcare would be given to soldiers during the Crimean War.…

For my essay I choose to write about rare genetic diseases from the nervous and skeletal systems. Though different systems, the nervous and skeletal system communicate well between each other. The skeletal system consist of all the bones in the body. The vertebrae and skull, both major parts of the skeletal system, house the 2 main structures of the nervous system: the spinal cord and brain. The vertebrae protects the spinal cord from injury while the skull protects the brain. Now what would…

The Apple Falls Far From the Tree - Hearing Parents with a Deaf Child The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree – according to the Urban Dictionary (Peckham, 2009) this idiom refers to a father/mother and son/daughter not being different from one another. But what happens when children are different than their parents? “Bill is a lawyer. He works for a corporation and is very successful. His wife is a graduate of an Eastern woman’s college. They travel, enjoy entertaining and reside in a…

example scenarios of illegal conduct by employers and unions. The Employee Polygraph Protection Act was established in 1988. The E.P.P.A. is a federal law that defends employees from employers wishing to use a polygraph test, either for pre-employment screening or during employment, of course with certain exceptions. The Displaced Employee Rights on Successor Contracts poster points out that every employer must offer employment to the most qualified applicant for each position. The Uniformed…

is extremely necessary that states should place more emphasis on addressing developmental delay of DHH children through comprehensive and effective early intervention services. The early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) process: newborn hearing screening, hearing evaluation, and early intervention (Sass-Lehrer,…