NICU nursing
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Image List:
Image 1: Some of UCI's first nursing graduates now tend to premature infants in UC Irvine Douglas Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.
Image 2: More than 150 physicians, nurses and therapists — including UCI nursing graduate Brent Wong (right) — care for critically ill newborns in the state-of-the-art NICU.
Image 3: A clinical nurse, Wong documents his patient's vital signs. Close monitoring is crucial because the infants' conditions can deteriorate quickly.
Image 4: Wong enjoys a lighter moment in the demanding NICU, which can accommodate 38 newborns at once.
Image 5: Some of the babies, born months too soon, are barely larger than an adult hand and spend weeks in incubators before being healthy enough to go home.
Image 6: One of five students in UCI's inaugural nursing class to take jobs in UC Irvine Douglas Hospital's NICU, Wong is never far from the neonatal monitors.
Image 7: Wong concentrates on "his baby" after a series of moves to stabilize the newborn. Pairing of nurse and baby is critical to quality care.
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Healing the tiniest patients
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