Teaching a New Family About Shaken Baby Syndrome Patient Information The patient focused on in this teaching project was a four-day-old NICU patient at Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Baby Haven was born at 34 weeks gestation to a mother who had used alcohol, marijuana and tobacco while pregnant. Additionally, she claimed to have not known she was pregnant until July and did not seek prenatal care until September, one month before the birth of baby Haven. The birth mother made the choice to put
Introduction This movie tells the story of a 34-year relationship between a lab assistant, Vivien Thomas, and a surgeon, Alfred Blalock. It also tells of the struggles and triumphs experienced during a journey of human development for two people whom, in turn, influence the development of a worldwide community of surgeons and their patients. It is a great example of how leaders mature and transform their consciousness to be understanding of other people and to deepen the meaning of their words
movie shows how Vivien, the doctor’s assistant, and Dr. Blalock, the head doctor work together to solve a medical problem. On one hand, their relationship is so enviable that their tacit cooperation is the key to their success in solving the “blue baby” puzzle that has gotten the best of other proficient doctors. On the other hand, Dr. Blalock’s stern, adventurous, authoritative, and indifferent mentoring styles are controversial. The same mentoring style has different effects on different people
April 30, 2005 Micro. Comp. Shaken Baby Syndrome Imagine yourself as a sweet, innocent, precious little baby. You are totally dependent upon adults to give you what you need and most importantly love. Your only means of communication is crying so you cry when you need to be fed, when you need your diaper changed, when you aren't feeling so well, or when you just want some attention. You are crying and someone comes over to you. They pick you up, but instead of holding you and comforting
Shaken Baby Syndrome Imagine yourself as a sweet, innocent, precious little baby. You are totally dependant upon adults to give you what you need and most importantly love. Your only means of communication is crying so you cry when you need to be fed, when you need your diaper changed, when you aren’t feeling so well, or when you just want some attention. You are crying and someone comes over to you. They pick you up, but instead of holding you and comforting you, talking affectionately to you,
staffs are experts in the field and work at a variety of institutions. “Development and evaluation of a shaken baby syndrome prevention program” is a research article meets all the criteria of a scholarly article. The objective of this article is to evaluate parents' and nurses' opinions regarding the adequacy of an educational program on shaken baby syndrome: the Perinatal Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Program (PSBSPP). This research study was done in two birthing institutions in Montréal, QC
Whether in a car crash, an accident at work, or in another type of mishap, a brain injury can be among the most serious of injuries. There are a wide range of brain injuries. While one person may recover fairly quickly from a brain injury, another person may suffer the effects of the injury for years or even for the rest of the person’s life. To really understand the extent of your injury, you must understand some of the common brain injury symptoms associated with different injuries. Concussion
Willowbrook Study The Willowbrook hepatitis experiments were conducted from the years 1966 to 1963 by Dr. Saul Krugman and during those 3 years approximately seven hundred children were infected with either hepatitis A or hepatitis B. These mentally handicapped students at Willowbrook State School were wrongfully treated and infected in an effort to protect the children from further harmful infections. The children of Willowbrook were harmed, parents were not given proper information before they
Shaken Infant Syndrome Shaken Infant Syndrome (also known as Shaken Baby Syndrome, SBS) is a relatively new term in the medical world. Simply put, it is the collective name of the symptoms produced when an infant is shaken violently or has sustained some type of head trauma. Any type of trauma to the head or cranial region results in some negative response to the body’s homeostatic system, in an infant or child this is especially true. An infant or child’s skull is disproportionately larger
Pediatric abusive head trauma, also known as shaken baby syndrome, is a devastating form of abuse. It occurs when a young child is violently shaken. The repeated shaking back and forth motion causes the child’s brain to bounce within the skull, resulting in bruising and swelling. This intentionally inflicted injury causes trauma to the head and neck region, including cranial, cerebral, and spinal injuries. It occurs in infants and small children because the muscles of the neck region aren’t strong