Saturday, February 21, 2015

The Aspects Neonatal Nurses Education

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By Olivia Cross


The early 28 days of an infant are termed as the neonatal. Basically in this early moments the infants are in great need of adequate care since this is where they are most susceptible. This is the case so, since many infants are born differently. Some have physical disabilities while others have weak immune systems which make them vulnerable to infections and other conditions. Basically infants have varied problems and these problems can only be understood well by specialists who have good knowledge on how infant treatment should be handled and this makes neonatal nurses education very crucial.

As technological advancements are being attained basically in medicine grounds, the level of health services have greatly gone up. As we all know this technological growth has lead to the creation of sophisticated medical equipments like the incubators, the ventilators and the phototherapy lamps which have greatly supported the survival of infants. These machinery need to be operated and hence the neonatal education comes in.

This program is a part of continued professional advancement. It basically constitutes a spectrum of modules which specializes in different aspects of the field. Normally this education is offered through partnership between health care trusts, institutions of higher learning and other medical institutions. At times people can get the course online.

There are requirements that an individual is required to meet before he or she is allowed to enter this form of nursing. First, one should be a registered nurse with a four year bachelor of science in nursing degree; in addition one has to be certified in Neonatal Resuscitation. Also, most at times masters in a related course is required. Finally a working experience is a basic requirement mostly a two years experience is the most recommended.

Furthermore this education employs the skills of the concerned students. These skills enable the students to familiarize with the field adequately. For instance one should be able to work in all conditions, in addition the individual should generate interest on babies, also interpretative skills are elementary and finally the art of understanding the newborns physiological needs are very crucial to the development of the nurse involved.

The study maintains that there are the levels when infants are considered firstly we have the health new born nursery which is currently largely non-existing as mothers have a short stay in hospitals nowadays. In level two we have the intermediate care. Here, babies could be born prematurely or suffer some illness and hence they need some more time before discharge and finally the last level which makes use of the incubators and the ventilators which is referred as the intensive care unit, and basically admits all the neonates whose medical issue are past the first two levels.

These nurses are expected to to take care of newborns since they have been instilled with adequate techniques to handle even the severe situations. Also they are expected to work under all conditions where infants are involved.

Finally as this is a new a field it has offered many jobs to individuals and at the same time it has helped improve the survival rates for the infants. This reduction in the mortality rate is a desirable and hence making this body of knowledge really important.




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