Purpose/Rationale In Shelby County‚ Tennessee‚ the African-American infant mortality rate exceeds the state and national average by more than 50 percent. The infant mortality rate is determined by the number of infant deaths per 1000 live births and is used to measure the overall health of communities worldwide. The Urban Child Institute (TUCI) 2012‚ reported that in 2010‚ 13.4 of 1000 infants born to African-American mothers in Shelby County‚ Tennessee died before their first birthday. These
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Discuss disparities related to ethnic and cultural groups relative to low birth weight infants and preterm births. Describe the impact of extremely low birth weight babies on family and society (short and long term‚ including economic considerations‚ ongoing care considerations‚ and co-morbidities associated with prematurity). Discuss whether you feel that support services and systems in your community for preterm infants and their families adequately address their needs or not. Explain your answer. Respond
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My observation took place with Marie at HIMG and the patient was an older male‚ who looked to be about 65 years old. It was a much shorter session than I was expecting‚ but I feel like it is because of how well she knows and is experienced with the process of doing a hearing aid fitting. As I was watching and taking notes of how she explained everything to the patient using the HIOBASICS acronym as a guide for myself on what should be covered she managed to get through all of the information‚ as
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toddlers that many people have. In fact‚ infant potty training doesn’t involve any effort‚ at least consciously‚ on your infant’s part at all. If you’ve ever wanted to know how mothers dispensed of diapers in the past or how other cultures were able to get rid of diapers so quickly‚ then just read on.
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Infants experience a massive amount of growth in a relatively short amount of time. At 6 months of age‚ typical infants have doubled their birth weight‚ and they triple their birth weight by the end of their first year. The infant body is constantly growing and expanding its physical‚ cognitive‚ and social development. Infants rapidly learn how to move and use their tiny body to accomplish many different tasks. A smile is usually the first sign of social interaction‚ and this occurs about 3 months
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The health of an infant is intrinsically linked to their future health and well being in both childhood and into adulthood (Martyn et al.‚ 2013). The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) acknowledge the imperative role that NPs play in “assisting newborns to thrive physically‚ developmentally‚ emotionally‚ spiritually and intellectually within the family environment” (Position Statement‚ n.a.‚ 2003‚ p. 19a)‚ reinforcing the impact of the NP in the primary care setting.
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In order to start the process for my observation I had to first speak with the parents of the child Mr. and Mrs. Pretty (not their real name). I spoke with Mrs. Pretty because her husband was unavailable at the time and I know her very well. I informed her about the assignment and discussed the outline of it with her to ensure that she knew exactly what the observation entail as well as the fact that I might need additional information from her or her husband. She informed me that she would inform
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Infant Mortality & Social Justice The presentation on Infant mortality and social justice was full of meaningful information on topics that many of us did not know about. Throughout this one hour presentation‚ the audience lived an amazing experience while learning about Infant mortality‚ and other related topics. The presentation started off with a video on Kim Anderson‚ a successful Atlanta lawyer. Through pregnancy‚ woman must act correctly if they want to have healthy
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The infant industry argument is an economic reason for protectionism. The crux of the argument is that nascent industries often do not have the economies of scale that their older competitors from other countries may have‚ and thus need to be protected until they can attain similar economies of scale. It was first used by Alexander Hamilton in 1790 and later by Friedrich List‚ in 1841‚ to support protection for German manufacturing against British industry.[1] Protectionism allows an industry
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procedures for infants and small children. The process of CPR for infants starts by yelling and shouting at the baby. If there is no response you must open the air way and listen for breath sounds. First‚ you must blow into the infant’s mouth twice causing the chest to rise. Then just below the nipple‚ pump thirty times on the baby’s chest. Continue with two breaths and the chest pumps for two minutes and call 911. The CPR process for small children starts out the same as it did for infants. Shake and
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