Mobile nursing of babies and young people

Mobile nursing of babies and young people

It is a fallacy to assume that only senior citizens are in need of nursing care. In the years of our operation we have taken care of many young persons, who were in need of nursing care. The problems these patients were afflicted with ranged from post operational, organ dysfunctional disorders, physical and cerebral dysfunction, or merely temporary parental inability to cope with post-Caesarean delivery, or physical overstressing often due to twin births. Others are those whose parents are in the professional field and desire just the best nursing care for their babies, whom they do not want to delegate to a maid.

Taking care of such newborns or young children needs special qualities besides being a nurse. Babies tend to cling very early to a particular person, bonding. This person should of course always be one of the parents. It’s therefore vital to have the baby as much attended to by its natural parents as possible and the nurse to be on hand for tasks which the parents either do not have the time for or otherwise incapable.

Young children on the other hand need to develop a lot of trust in the nurse who takes care of their needs. The mere fact of ‘being a nurse’ does not yet provide these qualification or presumes the trust by the young person. It needs to be understood that there should be sufficient time allowed for basic interaction between the nursing person and the young patient.

The young patient needs to be approached from a level of respect for the special feelings and must be dealt with in a way meeting his mental development and capabilities.

Families who consider the service of a mobile nursing service must have a clear understanding that they should never delegate their obligations to an outside help. Parents cannot and must not be replaced, as the young will have to continue the bonding process according to the various stages of development.

On the other hand parents do need to consider the need for the skill, knowledge and experience of qualified persons to avoid unfavourable developments. Here again the tendency to ‘over nurse’ is very real. Often do parents who are most of the time away ‘spoil’ the young ones with food and pampering. They to give excessive allowance to misbehaviour, which makes it difficult for the care-taking nurse to correct. When the youngster is confronted with different sets of behaviour allowances, he or she tends to create humdrum situation into a stressful situation for both parents/nurse as well as the youngster. Even a sick or handicapped child has to learn that there are rules to be abided by, lest it will develop into a tyrant. Frequent communication between parent(s) and nurse will be essential to ensure that the child experiences consistency in their approach. Well planned and professionally carried out support service will then be of benefit to the parents as well as the care receiver, which should always be the primary goal aimed for.

For further information about:

Mobile Nursing

Mobile Doctor

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please contact: www.hnp-mobilenursing.com or nursing@hnp-mobilenursing.com

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