My Experience In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
My Experience in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
My experience in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was very saddening. It was sadder than visiting the adult ICU. The babies were so tiny and seem to be so fragile. Each baby has its own unique story. Some of the babies were as young as 23 weeks gestation at birth. Some had been there a while. The charge nurse walked me through each part of the NICU. She informed me that the NICU was an upper eighty bed unit. At present they had 41 babies. She also showed me the OR suite they have on site in the NICU. She made me aware of the fact that they perform all surgeries there; both inpatient and outpatient. I also had the opportunity to go to the special nursery. There, I watched the
My experience in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was very saddening. It was sadder than visiting the adult ICU. The babies were so tiny and seem to be so fragile. Each baby has its own unique story. Some of the babies were as young as 23 weeks gestation at birth. Some had been there a while. The charge nurse walked me through each part of the NICU. She informed me that the NICU was an upper eighty bed unit. At present they had 41 babies. She also showed me the OR suite they have on site in the NICU. She made me aware of the fact that they perform all surgeries there; both inpatient and outpatient. I also had the opportunity to go to the special nursery. There, I watched the