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This paper explores articles that report on registered and neonatal nurses. Neonatal nurses provide care for newborn infants with a variety of health problems, such as prematurity, cardiovascular and respiratory that is life threatening if left untreated. Neonatal nurses can care for newborns from birth up to two years of age depending on the severity of their health issues. Neonatal nurses also work with parents as to how to care for their sick infant. Specialization for neonatal nurses varies in…
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Enhancing Neonatal Development Through Positioning The neonatal period stands as the time between a newborn’s birth and one month of age, a time of enduring transition from the intrauterine to the extrauterine environment. This period stands as an ongoing adjustment from relying on the maternal body systems to developing the neonate’s own systems. Vulnerability stands as a key notion in this neonatal period, resulting from immature body systems and immune suppression. The neonate’s body system development…
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Safety: Adequate Nurse to Patient Ratio Jillian Benson Baker University School of Nursing One of the primary tenets of medicine is "first, do no harm". Patients put their trust in doctors and nurses when they are most vulnerable and are in need of care. Yet, what does a patient initially experience at the beginning of a hospital stay? Nurses who appear to be responsible for caring for large numbers of patients and a scarcity of doctors. Patients quickly realize that nurses are responsible…
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Research Paper Health care is a critical concern among human beings. With the increasing number of elderly, growing waiting time for medical services, and the pressure of high costs, healthcare has become an important field of study for scientists and technologists. The body of human medical knowledge has been growing and developing over time based on many experiences and accidents which resulted in the physical injury, mental disabilities, and deaths of numerous patients. After those sacrifices…
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Relevant issues involved in this particular case domestic violence, and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) will also be discussed. Throughout the essay confidentiality and anonymity of all aspect of the care provided for the baby will maintained by disclosing the trust, staff and the patient and their family involved. “Nurses and midwives have a duty to protect confidential information. The person who is in the care of a nurse or midwife has a right to believe that information given to them in confidence…
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visually observes the amount of blood lost during and after delivery and records a quantitative value. Once out of the providers direct care the patients nurse continues to monitor blood loss by simply visually estimating how much blood has soaked into the patient’s maternity pad. According to the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) (2015), visual estimation can underestimate actual blood loss leading to the delay of life-saving interventions. Delayed intervention and…
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foundation chosen for this paper is Imogen King’s Conceptual System. King’s foundation centers around an individual’s sustained ability to meet their basic needs and perform their socially defined role. The role of the nurse is to help individuals maintain their health status and adequately perform their social roles (Fawcett, 2016). The author selected this process because it both aids nurses in identifying patient problems as well as promotes mutual goal setting between the nurse and patient. King’s…
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I am in college to get my nursing degree to become a neonatal registered nurse. Too be able to be a Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing, I would be mandatory to complete a minimum number of years of clinical experience in a hospital setting. Therefore, I will be doing four years for my bachelor’s degree called the Bachelor of Science…
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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) was founded in 1969 originally named American Association of Cardiovascular Nurses to help better educate novice nurses working in ICUs. In 1971, AACN changed their name to what they are known as today to incorporate all aspects of critical care for every level of nursing. AACN strives to strengthen the nursing community by providing many resources for nurses and bringing the nursing community…
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The Impact of Nurse Staffing on Patient Outcomes Kelly Adams McCann Drexel University The Impact of Nurse Staffing on Patient Outcomes When my daughter was in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) 11 years ago, I was I was blissfully ignorant of patient-to-nurse ratios and budget constraints. I had confidence in the competence of the nurses and believed that they had the time and the tools necessary to care for my child. Now that I'm a nurse myself and I see my support staff numbers cut and…
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