A Career: The Career Of A Neonatal Nurse

Steven Amsterdam once said, “Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucial information to understanding what they need. Training and experience heighten one 's ability to see what needs to be seen.” As a child I was given adult responsibilities, which began when my very first nephew was born. By the age of 7 I was changing his diapers, making him bottles, and caring for him and i couldn’t think of any better career than getting to work with babies all day. I always carry the compassion and desire to help others and nothing would be more rewarding than being able to put my skills to action. The career of a Neonatal Nurse is exciting and challenging, because one is in charge of all new babies being born. The research will describe the career of a Neonatal Nurse, what is required to become successful and the impact this career has on society.

In 1963, after the passing of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, President John Kennedy’s son, who was born 36 weeks gestation. Efforts were made to establish units to care for such infants. Today, such a death is rare due to the progression of medicine & nursing over time. There are Approximately one hundred and forty thousand people employed as neonatal nurse practitioners currently. Patient safety is a growing employment trend in this career field, with people arguing that the more work or patients a nurse has to take on, the more risk of disease & death within all the patients they are caring for. Another trend is shorter lengths of hospital stay, some factors benefiting this being advances in technology. Some states are in higher demand for nurses for example, most nursing opportunities are found in california, florida, new york, ohio, and