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1878
Obstetrician Pierre- Constant Budin developed a basis of newborn medicine -
1857
Jean Louis Paul Denucé was the first doctor to use an incubator on a premie -
1878
Stephanie Tarnier modified a warming that decreased natal mortality rate from 66% to 38% -
1900s
Thomas Rotch developed a feeding method that calculated the percentage of milk, cream, and sugar a baby needs to fulfill their diet when breastmilk wasn't available. -
1901
Martin A. Couney was known as the "Incubator Doctor" for being one of the first doctors to work on premature babies in the United States. -
1934
Incubators were advanced with the Hess oxygen box who he helped babies to treat respitory distress. -
1940
The clear incubator was developed -
Before the 1950's
Women were not able to treat premature babies because they believed they increased the chance of them being exposed to a infectious disease. -
1960s
The neonatal field started raising at it's time and the duties of the job grew, neonatal nurces are now responsible of:
taking care of babies
Working with needles, feeding pumps, NICUs, and ventilators
more aware because of how fragile the babies are
work 12 hour shifts, 3 days a week
have to also be able to understand both the child and mother
Level 1: Healthy babies
Level 2: Premies
Level 3: NICU -
1960
The first offical ICU for premies organization started in 1960 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. It was one of the first steps to in the attempt to being to take the neonatal field more seriously. -
1979
The survival rate went up to 50% for babies who weigh more than 900 grams and are inside for at least 27 weeks -
2013
In 2013 the average salary was $66,220 -
2013
As of 2013, the education requirements are:
complete both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs
masters of science in nursing with focus on neonatal
certification exam (2 years or 2,000 clinical hours)
NNP may require some NICU practice -
2013
The average salary of a entry neonatal nurse is $34,905 to $77,371, with more practice it can be anywhere from $80,000 to $100,000 -
1960
After the death of JFK's son there was in increase in the funding for more research, at this time the terms neonatology and neonatologist came about. -
Future
The career is expected to go up 19% in the next few years -
Citaions
"Neonatology on the Web: Neonatology as a Career." <i>Neonatology on the Web: Neonatology as a Career</i>. N.p., 1 Aug. 1999. Web. 28 Aug. 2015. <span>Last modified: 1/25/2015</span> Philip, Alistair G S. <i>Nature.com</i>. Nature Publishing Group, July 2004. Web. 28 Aug. 2015. "CRaktuell." <i>Computer Und Recht</i> 28.10 (2012): n. pag. Web.
