Nursing Reflection Paper

The Power of the Warmth Touch
In the last two and a half years nursing school has been part of my life, with its difficulties and special experiences at the same time. However, this semester I was introduced to the subject of Nursing of the Childbearing Family Maternity. Our obstetrical clinical rotation was held on unit two Webber North at the DMC Hutzel Women’s Hospital in downtown Detroit for a total of six weeks. Every clinical day offered many great learning experiences for me. It allowed me the opportunity to develop my knowledge and further sharpen my skills. The lectures provided by the professor in class, and information from the book, along with the real case scenarios from our clinical rotations have definitely prepared me to become a better nurse in the future. I had the opportunity to visit different parts of the hospital during the obstetrical clinical

It was a special feeling and extremely emotional to observe a labor process. This clinical rotation has positively changed my perception and feelings towards being an obstetrical nurse. As a student nurse I was able to recognize some of the mistakes that nurses did while they provided patient care. The paper gives a brief explanation of an instance of when a failed to implement evidence-based practice in her clinical settings. This was apparent when she brought the healthy, full term baby to the warmer instead of putting the baby to the mother’s chest which has been proven to have many benefits for the infant. Newborns that are placed in the prone position on the mother’s bare chest after birth tend to elevate their body temperature faster, initiate breastfeeding earlier and for a long duration of time, and attain bonding sooner. The research conducted for this paper expanded my knowledge on the benefits of skin-to-skin contact immediately after