Newborn

In the nursing education department within the College of Arts and Science, a key course that nursing students enroll in is Maternal-Newborn Nursing. Although a number of learning methods are used throughout the semester, Maternal-Newborn Nursing employs three primary means of learning. One method of learning used in the course is lecture. The theory portion of learning is taught primarily through lectures presented by professionals within the fields of labor and delivery, postpartum,…

Roybal-Allard quotes “Newborn screening is a public health intervention that involves a simple blood test used to identify many life-threatening genetic illnesses before any symptoms begin.” Informed consent is permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences, typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full knowledge of the possible risks and benefits. Informed consent is needed to protect both parties. The quandary that is faced is that albeit…

The issue, in this case, is the adoption of a newborn family member who may have been exposed to the mom’s cocaine use in the uterus. Drug abuse is common among many youths. Cocaine addiction is quite common among women of childbearing age. The cocaine is either smoked or injected into the system. The drug has many health effects of an individual but has the most adverse effects on the newborn babies. To judge whether one should adopt the newborn baby or not, one should first identify the…

Universal Newborn Hearing Screenings Over 50 years ago, audiologists, educators, parents, and medical personnel recognized and stressed the importance of early identification of hearing loss among infants. The understanding for a need for early identification of a child’s hearing loss has led us to the modern technology and assessment of hearing for newborns, most commonly referred to as the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS). In the United States, as of 2007, over 90% of newborns are…

Social Network: A Newborn Monster One of the sensational social issues on media is about the negative global impacts of the spread of social communication on the Internet. These sites were established to tie the individual to each other and create a strong solidarity among members, however, are creating an egoistic society. The way people using the social network, and the way it affects society are over control and unpredictable. According to the article “Online Socializing: A New Agents of…

Continuing my newborn photographer relationship beyond the baby years is one of the perks for returning clients. I love seeing how the little ones have grown from the first few weeks. This family came into my studio when Eli was just a tiny guy. Adam and Heather are still head-over-heels in love with their boy. At the time of this session, little Eli was 14 months. There's no strict timeline for these kinds of sessions. It's completely up to the parents. This cake smash session started without…

One of the mothers brought her newborn son to the group for the first time. She confessed that they spent a little extra time in the hospital due to the previous conditions and her son weaning off her medications. I found the phrasing of “my medications” interesting. Think it could almost be seen as repression, one of Freud’s defense mechanisms. She seems to be trying to separate herself from the actions. Although labeling individuals with certain titles can have negative consequences, it seems…

There are four components to the High Risk Perinatal/Newborn Intensive Care Program: (1) the information and referral line, (2) the Maternal and Neonatal Transport Services, (3) the Hospital and Inpatient Physician Services (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit/NICU), and (4) the Community Nursing Services component. The information and referral line is a toll free number that parents and/or caregivers can call to be connected with an obstetrician or pediatrician with a maternal fetal medicine…

Awesome Newborn Baby Gifts Online The selection of baby gift items will be a daunting task for everyone who wishes to present a baby gift for the first time parents or second child. You may look for special newborn baby gifts available in general gift shops and in baby gift shops. There are special baby clothes for boys newborn and you may not have an idea to select which one from a baby gift shop. It will be better check online for newborn baby gift ideas, designer baby gifts and cool baby boy…

Newborn Screening: Complexities in Universal Genetic Testing by Nancy S. Green, Siobhan M. Dolan, and Thomas H. Murray analyzes challenges go through the consideration of three disorders: phenylketonuria, medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, and cystic fibrosis. This is relevant towards my paper since my paper describes the physical health effects of genetics screening on newborns and there are physical health effects of genetics screening mentioned in this article such as early…