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Janet DeFrancesco

Job Shadowing on Pediatric Oncology/Hematology Unit at Connecticut Children's (12/03/2019)

Things I Learned:

• Fertility
  • Prepubescent girls (Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation)
  • Prepubescent boys (Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation)
  • Post-pubertal girls (Oocyte/Embryo Cryopreservation)
  • Post-pubertal boys (Sperm Cryopreservation (banking), Testicular Sperm Extraction (TESE))
• Psychosocial
  • Patients come for a long time after being cancer-free to check up on everything (2 days a month for a year)
  • Psychologists talk to patients and parents and help refer parents to outside therapists
  • Child life specialist to help patients cope with their illness and help patients siblings
  • Use things within the hospital to help the patients feel better (ex/ I saw a therapy dog and clown's come on Monday's)
• Palliative care
  • Hospice is only a small part in it
  • Used to comfort individuals throughout the process
  • Nurse thinks it should be introduced to almost every patient as soon as they are diagnosed
• Clinic vs. In-patient
  • Patients come into clinics for medications but do not stay over night
  • In-patient patients stay overnight

Dr. Deepa Limaye

Job Shadowing at Connect Children's Office of Neuro-Developmental Pediatrics (12/04/2019)

Things I Learned:

• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • mean/rude actions toward a professional (i.e. doctor) show the strength and severity of ODD
• Distinction between Autism and ADHD
  • eye contact when speaking to an individual
  • focus on an object, person, or things occurring around the individual

Dr. Leslie Wolkoff

Job Shadowing on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Connecticut Children's (03/11/2020)

Things I Learned:

• Heart Murmur
  • Sound of normal newborn heart beat versus sound of a heart murmur
  • Potential cause of heart murmur
• Withdrawal Newborn
  • Signs and symptoms of a baby withdrawing from its mothers drug use
  • Distinctive cry of a newborn going through withdrawal
• Type of staff
  • Roles each staff member has in caring for the babies
  • Occupational and Physical Therapist, Lactation Consultant, and Nutritionist

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