The National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) is a professional organization for neonatal nurses in United States. NANN founded in 1984‚ “represents the community of neonatal nurses that offers evidence-based care to high-risk neonatal patient ()”‚ according to NANN. Neonatal nursing is one of specialty in nursing that care for infants who are born with health issues such as birth defects‚ infections‚ cardiac malformations or prematurity. In a hospital setting‚ there are level I to III which
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Just in the United States alone there has been an increase of 36 percent in the rate of premature babies‚ since the early 1980s. This is a big concern because now a day a pregnant woman is more likely to receive prenatal care during her entire pregnancy‚ than women in the old days. Today‚ an average cost for a premature baby’s first year of life is about $49‚000; this is only including expenses for medical care. Another big concern is that a baby born too early is more likely than a full term baby
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“Neonatal nurses know the best things come in the smallest packages.” Neonatal nursing‚ a subspecialty of nursing‚ works with newborn infants who have differing levels of needs. The specialized field of neonatal nursing developed around the 1960s. (Ferguson‚ 69) Neonatal nurses make up the backbone of the neonatal intensive care unit‚ or NICU‚ for the smallest patients. Neonatal nurses will give babies the most tender love and care they will ever receive in a healthcare environment. Neonatal nurses
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“Why did you have to have this disease where all you could do is lay there‚ for when I was growing up all I wanted was for us to play.” Since my early childhood I have wanted to be a pediatrician. It all started September 28‚ 2004 when my brother was born with osteoporosis imperfecta. Osteoporosis imperfecta type 1 is when you have poor muscle tone‚ loose joints and slight spinal curvature. When I was growing up I wasn’t home so much‚ but in a hospital for my brother because he used to get a
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Pediatrician A pediatrician is a medical practitioner who specializes in children and their diseases (Pediatrician Ok). I have chosen this occupation because I enjoy working with children and families. There are many responsibilities to take on when becoming a pediatrician. You will be responsible with caring for patients who range from newborns all the way to young adults (Pediatrician Ok). Also‚ you will be responsible for diagnosing‚ examining‚ and treating your patients with a variety of different
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To start off‚ pediatricians have many responsibilities in order to keep children the healthiest possible. In general‚ it’s required to be able to track kids growth rate all the way to adulthood‚ and diagnose‚ treat‚ and help stop children’s diseases and injuries (Mommd). Forgetting where the child’s paperworks are from when they were little‚ looks horrible on the pediatricians part because they are responsible for keeping track of kids paperwork all the way to adulthood. Furthermore‚ pediatricians
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The Future is always shifting in ways we cannot comprehend. The only action we can take is set a path for ourselves and hope to influence that future. In 10 years I hope to be living in a smaller city with my girlfriend and a kid. I would like to be finished with medical school and my residency and be working in a local hospital. However becoming a doctor is never the easy path. I still need to finish my Medical school application as well as take my MCAT exam. I will need to study very hard because
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The uses of POP have only grown with time. It began as a method to immobilise and reductions in the managing of adult and pediatric fractures‚ for which it is still being used today. The managing of low energy fractures of the humerus and tibia is possible without functional compromise with a POP cast. In Pediatric orthopedics POP has transformed the managing of club foot. What was once considered a surgically curable condition is now managed by serial casting. Plaster has also been used to treat
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What is a professional? After a week of research I think it is safe to say it’s not just someone who possesses a marketable skill as I thought. According to Michael Bayles a profession has three necessary criteria. First he says there is extensive training required to practice any profession. For example‚ to become a doctor in the United States you have to graduate from a 4 year college in a strong pre-med program‚ you have to take and pass the medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) then you have
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We define moral courage as the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition‚ shame‚ scandal‚ or discouragement. When we say a person has moral courage‚ we speak of things like ethics‚ good and evil‚ right and wrong. This is the kind of person who does bold things. They do these things not because they are trying to make a name for themselves or impress their peers‚ but because it is the right thing to do. A person with moral courage stands up in the face of adversity. There are
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