NICU

Critically Ill Newborns: what ethical principles or approaches can be applied to guide clinicians and parents through the care provided to this child?

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Critically Ill Newborns The newborn intensive care unit (NICU) is a common setting for difficult ethical challenges, often involving life-and-death decisions. These may include withholding treatment such as resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, or surgery, or withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment such as mechanical ventilation and artificial nutrition and hydration. Such decisions are frequently faced because of the … Read more

Identify two (2) non- government organizations (NGO’s) within the primary health setting appropriate for your person. Develop a mental health plan and discuss the available treatments in relation to incorporating relevant interventions provided by these NGO’s.

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Overview Multiple commissions, inquiries and reports into mental health service delivery within Australia have presented a compelling argument for the need to adopt a biopsychosocial approach over the traditional biomedical approach to healthcare. As a result, mental health service delivery has transitioned into the community, whereby numerous non-government organizations exist within primary health networks, which … Read more

Examine the effect of drug use during pregnancy on the development of the fetus.

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Impact of Drugs on the Fetus Drugs play a central role in improving human health and promoting well being. However, these have to be safe, efficient, and used rationally to produce the desired effect. Others are used for pleasure, and these are dangerous to anyone since they can be addictive. Women are advised not to … Read more