Cami's Story: NICU Baby's Journey Home

This month I really focused on the parents of premature infants. The following youtube video is a story of two twins that were born early. Madison had a stage four brain bleed, she was in a very serious condition. Sadly she passed away, but her sister Cami fought hard to stay alive. Cami suffered from an infection of the bowel, which means that her intestines couldn't really process her mother's breastmilk. This story has a loss but I feel like these parents were very strong and they kept fighting for Cami, even though they lost Madison. I feel like the Neonatal Nurses were very caring and respectful towards the family and this played a big part in them feeling comfortable and safe. They even said that they considered the nurses as a second family to them. This story was very inspiring because Cami had a lot of complications but she pulled through and she was able to go home and live a healthy life.

Blog 16 : Answer 2

        1. What is your EQ?

     What is the best way a Neonatal Nurse can ensure a premature baby is health

  2. What is your first answer?

By assuring that premature infants get the right nutrition they need to reach their ideal weight to grow properly

        3. What is your second answer?

      Make sure neonatal nurses have good communication skills.

        4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

- Staff-family communication is crucial to help a parent and patient feel comfortable

- A NICU can be frightening and confusing and overwhelming for parents and family but communication can help make it better.

-Helps guide parents through complex decisions.

        5. What printed source best supports your answer?

      “Staff-Family Communications in the NICU” by McGann, Elizabeth.

        6.What other source supports your answer?

       "Why Communication in the Nursing Profession Is Important?" by Anderson, Lanette.

        7.Tie this together with a concluding thought.

        I feel as though communication may seem as a special skill a nurse “should” have it must have   to be the most important. Communication helps ease the stress off a parent and it makes them feel better about the situation that they are put in with their premature baby.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.


I am planning to do extra mentorship hours at the LAC+USC medical center. I will have the opportunity to volunteer in Patient Care at Casa Colina. I will also have the opportunity to communicate with different patients. I will be required to to provide patients with any necessities that they might need. I will also be able to working in the office to sort and file patient paperwork and help the nurses that work there with anything they need.


2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.


What I will do to show evidence is that I am going to take pictures of the work I do each day. I will also log in my hours in my Senior Project Hours.


3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

I will be working with nurses more to learn and improve on my skills of communicating and interacting with patients. 
I will  do this by learning how to communicate with different patients that are in different situations, medically.

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

   LITERAL


 (a) I, Valerie Lopez ,affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 35 hours of work.

(b) Diana Guevara RN, LAC+USC Medical Center

(c) Linked on the sidebar under Senior Project Hours

(d) I did extra mentorship hours with my mentor Diana Guevara. I would mostly shadow my mentor when she was not busy working in the Emergency Room. I shadowed her while she went around checking patients. I would mostly just watch what my mentor do her job and I was able to talk to some patients. I would also get some patients some basic neccisities such as water or give them their food. I would also help sort and file some paperwork. Sometimes I also had the privilege to go visit the Labor and Delivery Center, I would mostly open boxes and help sort the different baby neccesities such as bottles, pacifers, and clothes that they were offered when the newborns baby stayed in the hospital

INTERPRETIVE

Different Newborn Essentials that were given out to the newborn babies at the hospital.

Different Equipment my mentor would use.

Filing paperwork

APPLIED    

My independent component one helped me understand the foundation of my topic better because i had the opportunity to see what it was like to work in a hospital. I got to speak and get comfortable talking to patients and different nurses. I also had a lot of answers answered by some of the different nurses that worked there, not just my mentor. It also taught me how to communicate better and to be patient.