NR 328 RUA Ethical Dilemma: Treating a Septic Newborn with Herbal Therapy

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Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction that is predominately due to the body being unable to properly respond to an infection. It is a syndrome, rather than a specific illness. Neonatal sepsis... can be defined as a systemic response to infection in the bloodstream of an infant in the first month of life (Schub, 2018). Typically, the infection is bacterial, and can be transmitted to the infant during birth, while in the uterus, or in postpartum care. Since an infant’s immune system is so delicate, when a systemic infection is suspected, rapid [Show More]

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