PREMATURE BABIES

PREMATURE BABIES

Description

Handling premature babies require intense medical attention, such as high-quality nursery care. However, in severe instances, medications such as surfactants are administered to premature babies to prevent respiratory distress syndromes (Newnham et al., 2014). As such, I handled a premature birth at a local hospital during my placement, which proved as the real opportunity to prove my competence. However, I was not alone since other nurses were present, and my duty was just to help contain the situation, thus saving the infant’s delicate life. The mother of the infant came in with severe labor pains despite being one month to the projected date of delivery. I took it upon myself and liaised with other medical personnel to have the expectant mother attended to by qualified health practitioners. In the end, we were able to save the lives of the mother and the premature birth, which was later placed under intensive care until it attained nine months.

Feelings

The experience of handling a premature birth made me feel the need to develop proper skills in handling premature birth in contemporary society. During the whole experience, I was amused by the medical procedures used in handling premature births to ensure life is not lost. I felt that other individuals felt the need to attend to the mother and offer professional healthcare. The other medical professionals in the local hospital felt the urgency to implement device therapy as the best strategic approach to attend to expectant mothers. Presently, I perceive the situation of handling premature births as urgent to help save the lives of premature births.

Evaluation

The positive aspect of the experience is that medical practitioners have developed intensive care strategies to save both the lives of the mother and the premature birth. We were able to contain the situation and provide pertinent support required to safeguard the health security of the infant through palliative care (Adogla, 2014). The whole experience enabled the implementation of intravenous therapy. I positively contributed to harnessing the situation by assisting health practitioners in attending to the mother and the premature birth. I applied theoretical approaches learned in class to ensure the premature birth was in stable condition.

Conclusions

The experience in handling premature birth would have resulted in a more positive experience if my fellow mates were present. In such a case, we would all understand the necessity to undertake stipulated guidelines while handling premature birth while also maintaining the mother in a stable condition (Howson et al., 2013). In my position, I would ensure that all the personnel handling the premature birth were free from colds and other related illnesses. Hence, I would handle the situation differently by having restricted access to prevent premature birth from contracting any infection. However, I need to develop professional skills to help handle premature births relative to medical guidelines.

Action plan

To efficiently deal with premature births, I must smart strategies during the diagnosis and management process while handling premature births (Adogla, 2014). Thus, I must utilize the least possible time to attend to the mother to reduce the high death rates of premature newborns. Besides, I have to educate expectant mothers on means to handle premature births before seeking health attention. Hence, the strategic approach would help reduce the severity of premature births whenever proper medical attention is unavailable.

References

Adogla, D. (2014). An action plan to prevent preterm birth. Retrieved 23 March 2020, from https://www.graphic.com.gh/features/features/an-action-plan-to-prevent-preterm-birth.html

Howson, C. P., Kinney, M. V., McDougall, L., & Lawn, J. E. (2013). Born too soon: preterm birth matters. Reproductive health, 10(S1), S1.

Newnham, J. P., Dickinson, J. E., Hart, R. J., Pennell, C. E., Arrese, C. A., & Keelan, J. A. (2014). Strategies to prevent preterm birth. Frontiers in immunology, 5, 584.