With an increase in the number of premature babies requiring acute hospital care‚ new and experienced nurses are finding more career opportunities in neonatal nursing. Neonatal nurses work in general maternity wards and in neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs). Those caring for premature and critically ill babies spend their shifts diapering and feeding the infants‚ checking vital signs‚ administering medications and tests‚ and teaching families how to care for their children properly. “For
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article relevant to the clinical area‚ which is that of a neonatal unit. The article that the author has chosen to critique is a paper entitled ‘Parental Perception of Neonatal Care’ (Gavey.J‚ 2007). The title of a research article is of importance as it should reflect the research question set (Edwards & Talbot‚ 1999). The research article examined by the author examines parent’s perception of their experience on the neonatal unit‚ considering their impressions of the unit and of the
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to her new born baby. She gets out of her bed‚ walks through the hall‚ and appears at the window. She sees a neonatal nurse taking care of her baby‚ watching her with care and making sure the baby is okay through the night. Her heart fills with happiness seeing her baby in such good health. She is happy knowing that her baby is in such good hands of a neonatal nurse. The new mother
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plan to apply to college and study there for 2-years and then transfer to a 4-year university. My future career is a Neonatal nurse in Level I. To become a Neonatal nurse‚ education wise‚ I have to become a registered nurse with a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree and certified in Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing. Though I have only spent three years in high school‚ I did get the chance to experience
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Leandra Davis October 3rd‚ 2017 Period 1 Help and Hinder In my future I plan on being a neonatal nurse. A neonatal nurse is a nurse that works with babies as soon as they are born. There are many ways that technology can help and hinder my future plans. Technology is taking becoming a more active part of American culture. I just hope it doesn’t completely take over my job‚ but I will take advantage of the help it provides. I will also also understand that technology
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My Experience in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit My experience in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was very saddening. It was sadder than visiting the adult ICU. The babies were so tiny and seem to be so fragile. Each baby has its own unique story. Some of the babies were as young as 23 weeks gestation at birth. Some had been there a while. The charge nurse walked me through each part of the NICU. She informed me that the NICU was an upper eighty bed unit. At present they had 41
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This assignment describes my own reflective experience while caring for a sick neonate with Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in the neonatal unit. This has enabled me to explore the meaning and significance of my clinical practice and to recognise the complexities within it. The experience raises a number of issues frequently encountered in daily nursing practice. Within this assignment‚ I will be discussing a particular pre term baby with RDS and critically analyse the use of nasal continuous
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is a rising number maternal substance abuse during pregnancy. This epidemic in turn creates a different type of population in infants than other areas of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)‚ with specific healthcare needs. One area that is lacking synergy is the care of this rising patient population of infants suffering from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). This creates a gap between nursing education and clinical application.
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nursing career‚ Ms. Diane wanted to become a midwife; but when she graduated nursing school‚ she received a job in the neonatal intensive care unit‚ where she instantaneously fell in love with helping and taking care of premature babies. Because of the passion that Ms. Diane had developed for taking care of young children‚ she decided to become a nurse practitioner‚ and specialize in neonatal intensive care. Throughout her practitioner career she has met many memorable patients that have touched her heart
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For the hospital reflection journal‚ I chose to discuss my experience in the place I could perceive myself working in during my nursing career – the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). My NICU hospital experience occurred on Sunday‚ March 26‚ 2017 at the Honor Health Scottsdale Shea center. My nurse and I were assigned to two premature infants – a 4-week-old female and an 8-week-old male. The infant I decided to do my assignment on was the 4-week-old female. She was born on 02/20/2017 at 25 weeks
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