Applying Regulations in Varying Care Settings

Regulations in children hospital and midwifery hospital

Midwifery hospital assists women in giving birth. Neonatal is about young children who are sick. Children require high specialization together with experience. The two cares setting is very sensitive and requires a nurse to be very attentive to details (Sandall, et al, 2016). Nurses working in the above types of the hospital have an obligation to be very cautious since children may not be able to express themselves.

The first similarity between Neonatal hospital and midwifery hospital is that they are organization dealing with caring for children.  Midwifery clinic assists children to be born safely while Neonatal hospital takes care of children after they are born (Spittle, et al, 2015).

The second similarity is ethical regulations are similar in both hospitals and nurses should act with the aim of providing the patient with the best medical care (Spittle, et al, 2015). The nurses should never discriminate patients who seek help from those hospitals

The third similarity is hospitals must comply with the laws of the state and local laws for them to be allowed to continue operating.

The fourth similarity is that the two types of care centers require skilled and experienced staff to be able to handle the newborn babies. The newborn babies cannot talk hence the doctors depend on skills and knowledge to treat the children (Liebler,  & McConnell, 2016). Every hospital has nurses specializing in various fields.

The fifth similarity is that they should keep patients records safely and protect it. Patient’s data should only be disclosed to the patient or those people close to the patient and not everybody.

The differences in coverage and participation between children hospital and maternity hospital are:

First, children hospital deals with the kid's parents while midwifery hospitals deal with women giving birth. This means maternity involve adults and children while children’s hospital is for children alone.

The second difference is the environment. The immunity of children is low hence they are highly protected. Children’s Hospital has places with clean air and with no contaminations where children are treated from (Liebler,  & McConnell, 2016). Children can easily get affected by bacteria in the air (Sandall, et al, 2016).

Patient’s record in a children hospital can be accessed by the parent and the person looking after the child. It should be protected from getting into the hands of other people. Only those people who have the authority to access it should be allowed. The parents make decisions for the child. In a maternity, the details of the child can be given to the parents only. The mother makes her decisions and for the child. Any person wishing to obtain the health details of any patient whether adult or child should fill a form requesting the information (Spittle, et al, 2015). They form must be convincing why they need the details of the patient.

The administrative structure in a maternity hospital depends on information given by the adult in determining what the problem might be then they can do laboratory tests if there is a need (Sandall, et al, 2016). In a children’s hospital, the nurses rely more on the signs they can see and laboratory tests when the child cannot speak to say what they feel. The nurses or the doctor must ensure they focus on individual needs for every patient as directed by the administrative structures. The hospital must have competent staff; follow the set policies, while the nurse must administer the right drug to the right patient.

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