Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is defined as “an unspecified medical entity: the sudden and unexpected death of a reasonably healthy child‚ whose passing away remains uncertain following the performance of an adequate assessment of medical history‚ autopsy‚ and death scene examination”(Valdes-Dapena‚1979). SIDS is one of the predominately-unsolved problems of infancy. The number of infants who die each year of SIDS is greater than the number of children who die
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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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1. General infant development a. Infant period i. Neonate/newborn: 28 days of life ii. Infant: 1 month-1 year b. Physical changes i. Greatest period of physical development ii. Birthweight 1. Avg 7.5-8 lbs 2. Doubles at 6 months 3. Triples at 1 year 4. Growth variations= genetics‚ nutrition‚ activity‚ disease iii. Height 1. 19-21 in 2. Increases 10-12 inch by 1st year 3. Half adult height by 2 years iv. Head circumference 1. 13-14 inch 2. Fontanels: openings in the baby skull (allows
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Motherese‚ also known as infant directed speech‚ or parentese‚ is a universal instrument utilized during communication with young infants which severely impacts their speech development. There are several aspects of motherese which are employed when parents and other adults interact with babies. Although no one knows for certain how infant directed speech originated‚ there is an interesting theory that it derived from primates. There are several factors that can influence the characteristics and
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This essay will explain the function of the respiratory‚ digestive and cardiovascular systems and how they work together to produce nutrients and oxygen to the cells for cellular respiration (energy for the body) The first system in the body is the digestive system. When food enters the mouth the salivary glands secrete saliva which mixes with the food. This makes it easy to chew and swallow. Once the food has been chewed enough the food travels down the oesophagus to the stomach. Once the food
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Taylor Butler Young Children and the Elderly: High Importance in Receiving Influenza Vaccine The flu‚ or influenza‚ is a virus that hits the United States every year in the late fall and winter‚ and we can’t seem to break away from it. I will be discussing the controversy of parents not knowing what types of vaccine to give their children‚ what age to do it at‚ if they should even get the shot‚ and the side effects that go along with it. All my life I got the flu vaccine because my parents believed
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INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The rapidly increasing population of elderly all over the world has been one of the important concerns of the decision makers and planners on how to provide health care and facilities. Statistics shows that population of elderly accounts for one individual of the ten persons is now at age 60 years old and above. It is projected that in the year 2015‚ there will be an increasing rate of elderly population such that there will be five out of 10 persons considered
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sat down beside her with a pen and paper I told her I wanted to get her point of view on how she feels about being an elderly person in this hard economy. I needed to know if they were able to cover all their needs on a fixed income. Did she really feel like her and my grandfather’s needs were really being met? As she began to tell me about her fears Davis 2 And concerns my heart sunk and I thought to myself‚ have we really failed to live up to the obligations of taking care of our elders
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infectious diseases are particularly tragic because they are preventable and treatable. Not surprisingly‚ the poorest and most vulnerable are the most severely affected by infectious disease. Infectious diseases are a major cause of death‚ disability and social and economic turmoil for millions around the world. Poverty stricken countries lack access to health care. Reports show that in nations with the lowest economic status the causes of death are primarily infectious and nutritional diseases. Respiratory
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Sudden infant death syndrome is one of the leading causes of death for babies. It is not one’s typically disease or sickness. SIDS refers to the condition when an infant stops breathing during the night. It is an unexplained death that can happen to any babies less than a year old without a visible cause. Because of SIDS‚ about 3‚000 infants die in the United States unexpectedly each year. The human beings who are usually at risks for SIDS are infants who are usually between two and three months
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