Some might think it is easy to be a nurse that keeps track of
babies in a nursery, but it is not uncommon for babies to go missing according
to Dr. Joel Freeman, “on average, around the world, twelve newborns will be
given to the wrong parents daily.” So if the nurses didn’t work as hard these
numbers could be much higher. Sometimes nurses can be very under appreciated,
but they have a very important and difficult job.
Nurses
have a key job in making sure babies get to the right parents. It would be a
little awkward if a baby were returned to the wrong parent for instance, a
woman named Teresa recounts a story about her first child, “The baby had black hair, mine had red hair. The nurse
kept insisting that I take the black-haired baby, thinking I was refusing to
take my own baby. Finally she checked the bracelet, and ran out of the room.”
In order for this not to happen that often they must have a good memory. The
nurses have a very demanding job because they have to maintain the well being
of the child and make sure the child has whatever it needs. The nurses are very
well experienced and they have to be because not just any ordinary nurse can do
the job. According to Innerbody since,
“medical technology has made it possible for more ill and premature babies to
survive and thrive. This has expanded the range of responsibilities for
neonatal nurses and the spectrum of care they provide.” So imagine if nurses
were not that experienced the statistic would be a much larger number than just
twelve and parents would be extremely frustrated. Parents would be happy to
know that nurses go through many years of schooling and sometime still need
extra certification. Even though nurses are very important it was reported by
the
Chicago Tribune that
Some research suggests
that constant skin-to-skin contact in the first 48 hours following birth can be
beneficial for moms and babies, even for women who do not plan to nurse. But
the shift away from nursery care has sparked a backlash among some mothers who
don’t plan to breast-feed or simply want some time to rest after the trauma of
childbirth and before taking up the responsibilities of child care.
Nurses play a huge role in the baby’s life but also the
mother’s life because the mother is not yet ready physically or mentally to
take care of the child. There were a couple of more reports that some hospitals
got rid of their nurseries, which would effects mothers tremendously. It would
be a mistake to get rid of a nursery because some parents just want to relax. A
nurse’s job is very serious and essential for the first few days or weeks of
the mother’s and baby’s life. Also nurses should not be taken for granite and
should be acknowledge much more often for their hard work.
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