Dental 3. Life C. Retirement VI. Conclusion Have you ever walked by a nursery at the hospital and saw the pretty babies lying there? Have you ever experienced the joy of holding a newborn baby? Have you ever wondered who is responsible for being the caregiver for the babies while in the hospital?
Skills in how to communicate effectively with both the pediatric patient and their parents are important for a nurse to foster to maintain good therapeutic relationships. Person centred care becomes family centred care when babies and children are the patients. The dependent nature of the patient increases the need for parental responsibility and advocacy for the child. It is important for all members of the family to be taken into account when nursing a pediatric patient, especially the primary caregivers and siblings. Chochinov, 2007 (cited in Cornwell & Goodrich, 2009), states simply that compassion is ‘a deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it.’ Pediatric patients and their families are highly sensitive to the compassionate nature of health care professionals and a successful therapeutic relationship with them depends on the sensitive, compassionate care offered by the nurse.
Level II nursery is for premature babies or those with an illness. The Level III nursery is usually found in larger hospitals or children's hospitals. Neonatal nurses in the Level III nursery take care of newborns with critical health issues that cannot be taken care of in a level II or Level I nursery. So, as a neonatal nurse you can be working with perfectly healthy newborns and mothers or newborns with more serious illnesses. There are a number of directions to take to advance your career in neonatal nursing.
Neonatal Nursing If you are looking for a rewarding career in nursing, you may want to consider neonatal nursing. This nursing specialty has many benefits, but the biggest benefit of all is the patients. You will have the privilege of taking care of the cutest patients in the entire field of nursing. Nothing is more special than a tiny baby who is depending on you for a chance to grow and become a happy and healthy child. The term neonatal refers to the first twenty eight days of life.
P1: Explain the requirements for two different careers in the health sector. The job role of a midwife is to provide advice, care and support for women and their babies during pregnancy, labour and the early postnatal period. They help women make their own decisions about the care and services they access. Their responsibilities are wide ranging and include; caring for new-born children, providing health education and parenting support immediately after delivery, until care is transferred to a health visitor. Midwives are personally responsible for the health of both mother and baby and only refer to obstetricians if there are medical complications.
The Case of the Troubled Teen Step 1: Be Attentive What is the issue? Screen 4 Your notes: How best to assure that Racheal and her baby get appropriate and timely medical care. Step 2 Be Intelligent Who are the stakeholders? Screen 6 Your notes: Myself (shift supervisor), patient (Rachel Banks), the unborn child (Lily), Rachel’s parents (because she is a minor, Mr. and Mrs. Banks), primary care giver (Yvonne Napier) and other Ob/GYN nurses on the floor. Step 3a: Be Reasonable Rights/Responsibility Lens -Identify duties.
In a letter entitled “Is Hospital Birth Better?,” which was posted on a midwife education center online, the writer firmly states, “Women are led to believe that they can have a wonderful home-like birth in hospital birthing suits with OBs, when the reality is that childbirth without intervention is virtually nonexistent unless a midwife is in attendance.” Although it is not necessarily their fault, obstetricians typically do not get to know their patients on a personal level; rather they see them simply as one of their many patients, and try to get through routine things quickly so he can move onto the next patient. While doctors are trustworthy for their medical knowledge, they do not know how to assist during natural birth. The Business of Being Born discusses this. They bring up the thought provoking fact that the peak times for cesarian sections are 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. The fact that they are so often finished with surgery right before dinner and bed underlines just how much doctors are accustomed to the convenience of the modern advances in medical technology.
The preceptor has a job to ensure the new nurse is competent with skills to provided adequate, safe nursing care to patients. The preceptor has to wear many hats with the new nurse such as role model, educator, friend, confidant, and socializer. The preceptor must observe the new nurse and evaluate the skills of the nurse. Ideally the preceptor will explain a process or skill, demonstrate it, and then watch as the new nurse demonstrates as it is performed independently. Precepting involves a commitment on both the preceptor and the new nurse.
Beginning Right maternity program SM Healthy Pregnancy Handbook Pregnancy basics for healthier moms and babies 22.07.300.0 (1/08) Welcome to the Beginning Right maternity program Aetna’s Beginning Right maternity program offers information and services to help you give your baby a healthy start. This Aetna‡ program offers a pregnancy risk survey (PRS), stop-smoking program and other resources to help you have a healthy baby. For a complete list of program features, visit the Beginning Right website womenshealth.aetna.com. insurance plans are offered, underwritten or administered by Aetna Life Insurance Company and its affiliates (Aetna). Health information programs provide general health information and are not a substitute for
This is not always a viable option in some organizations. Most clinicians are confident to assist mothers with breastfeeding, with what they have learned, when they first became a perinatal nurse. When a mother requests that an infant be fed in the nursery overnight, the patient request was granted. Nurses respected the mothers wish to have the infant brought to the nursery so that the mother may get some much needed rest. The BFHI are steps