FND3003 - Impact of Newborn Abandonment on Healthcare Organizations

This essay explores the impact of newborn abandonment on healthcare organizations, addressing the causes, consequences, and potential interventions. It reviews the concept of newborn abandonment within healthcare settings, highlighting the ethical and legal considerations. The essay also examines the role of safe haven laws and hospital protocols in managing abandoned infants, emphasizing the need for comprehensive support systems and preventive measures to reduce the burden on healthcare providers. The research employs a literature review methodology, drawing upon various databases to gather relevant data and information. Desklib provides access to this and other student-contributed assignments.

Abandon in new born
left in hospitals and the
impact of that

ABSTRACT
The practice of the abandoning new born child is shortly after the birth is existed. There is rare
aspect which show the occurrence of primitive and contemporary societies. Therefore, the
motivation for new-born abandonment which is varied and they show the dependent factor that is
based upon the social ethics and the norms which is related with the particular local region or the
extended demographic. In addition, it may create number of issue when the new born child is get
abandonment which is showing the critical aspect for their future in term of psychological and
emotional factor that is uncontrolled but there is various study that state they are mentally strong
as compared to other. Moreover, usually the surrender on new born child in the healthcare setting
may create the issue as a burden to provide adequate care and support.

Table of Contents
ABSTRACT.....................................................................................................................................2
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................3
TITLE..............................................................................................................................................1
BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................2
RESEARCH AIM............................................................................................................................2
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE..............................................................................................................2
RESEARCH QUESTIONS.............................................................................................................2
RATIONALE OF THE RESEARCH..............................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3
Concept of new born abandoned at healthcare organization..................................................3
Causes and impact of new born abandoned at healthcare organization.................................4
Ways or interventions used to reduce the impact of new born abandoned at healthcare
organization............................................................................................................................4
METHOD AND METHDODLOGIES............................................................................................5
Search strategies.....................................................................................................................5
Database used.........................................................................................................................5
Research method....................................................................................................................5
Research choice......................................................................................................................5
ETHICAL CONSIDERATION.......................................................................................................6
RESULT/FINDING.........................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

TITLE
“Impact of new born abandoned at healthcare organization”
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BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION
The abandonment of the new born child is usually creating the number of issue within the
healthcare setting in the various aspect. In addition, the rising cases and report which is related
with the incident of public abandonment of the new born sometime show the outcome with the
neonatal death. With this, the practice which is always occurred in the various ways show the
factor that is related with the renewed interest has come to the determination of the reason where
the new born abandonment is taken on the continue process as per the today modern scenario. In
addition, there was no any support system which is implemented in the society to taking care or
abandonment new born child (Béliard, Ortega, and Velpry, 2021). There are several of unwanted
infants that is abandonment in the manner which is also act as a major responsible for the
unwanted death. While taking the contrast of such situation, there are number of state form the
different countries is used to provide support and care and some of them is usually implement
new law and legislation regarding the enhancing cases of new born child abandonment.
Therefore, the law is helpful in order to create preventive barrier which force other to
abandonment their child within the healthcare setting which act as aspect of burden. The
implemented law is typically show the specification of a mother ability to abandon their child to
the healthcare provide ability with the aspect to carry out a safe haven law (Blagg, and Godfrey,
2018).
RESEARCH AIM
“To analyse the effect of new born abandoned at healthcare organization”.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE
 To understand concept of new born abandoned at healthcare organization.
 To evaluate causes and impact of new born abandoned at healthcare organization.
 To examine the ways or interventions used to reduce the impact of new born abandoned
at healthcare organization.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
 What are the concept of new born abandoned at healthcare organization?
 What are the causes and impact of new born abandoned at healthcare organization?
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 What are the ways or interventions used to reduce the impact of new born abandoned at
healthcare organization?
RATIONALE OF THE RESEARCH
The rationale of the research is use to indicate the personal and professional development
during the conducting of research. In addition, the personal and professional development is the
attribute that is perceived while conducting the research process in the appropriate way.
Therefore, there are enormous of aspect which is followed within the chosen topic that provide
knowledge and skill that is related with topic. Moreover, the selected topic is usually related with
the healthcare aspect that provide knowledge and information which play significant role in the
professional development. Whereas, at the same time, they are also contributed in the aspect of
personal development. The collected and gather information and data is also generating aspect
which is reliable and validated that develop understanding towards the chosen topic. They have
also aspect which is informative in term of personal that may play key consideration in some of
the future that linked with the such circumstance that is studies during the research process
(Ford, O'Driscoll and MacDonald, 2019).
LITERATURE REVIEW
Concept of new born abandoned at healthcare organization
The concept which is related with the formal attribution that the address new-born
abandonment and the healthcare provider that play role in preventing and managing the situation
and condition in which the women may be contemplating with an act (Biondi and et. al., 2019).
Therefore, the literature which is show the aspect of availability that is related with the topic that
is founded by the searching of various database in the aspect of sociology, psychology,
psychiatry and the law. Therefore, the media is usually focus in the number of aspect which help
to provide anecdotal information which is related with law and specific incident of the
abandonment (Hanlon and et. al., 2020).
Whereas, the new born child abandonment is usually show the aspect which is related with
the study of comprehensive aspect that show the state of matter which is follow the aspect of
crime. The rules and the law are regulated with the manner that provide aspect and visibility to
reduce the burden which may be impacted due the rising cases of new born child abandonment in
the healthcare settings.
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Causes and impact of new born abandoned at healthcare organization
The federal study that is show the aspect where the number indicate at least 22,000 babies
are usually left in the healthcare setting with each year by the parent unwilling or unable to
taking care of them. They also used to indicate for the first time how the widespread the nation
which is boarder baby issue has become. Occurring the primitive and contemporary societies, the
motivation for the new-born child abandonment are usually varied (Griffiths and et. al., 2019).
Whereas, some of the factor which may act as to show the behaviour of new born child
abandonment. The economic factor to this phenomenon and they also include poverty,
population control, class structure, greed, profit and ethnic superiority that also play a role in the
women decision making process when they used to face such type of issue that include unwanted
pregnancy and has limited option to handle or to manage the situation. In addition, the
psychological disorder and the mental issue also a cause which is also responsible for the
incident in which the new born baby is usually left in the public, places, disposed of in the
dumpster and toilets. The religious factor which is also recommended as they are in ancient time
and in modern day society, provide a moral basis for the human action and they usually shape the
paradigm of what they acceptable behaviour in the aspect to society at the appropriate time
period (Harlow, 2021).
Ways or interventions used to reduce the impact of new born abandoned at healthcare
organization
In order to reduce the rising cases of new born abandonment in the healthcare setting or
organisation. The various state used to implement their law and legislation with the purpose to
control the situation which is related with the new born child abandonment. Therefore, the
abandonment new born infant protection is implement with the goal to develop law segmented to
minimise the complexities (Hlongwa and Rispel, 2018). With this aspect legislation, there are
some of the responsibilities which also carry by hospital organisation. In addition, if an infant is
relinquished to hospital or brought to the hospital from the another safe heaven such as police or
fire station or emergency medical facility. That include:
 Examine the infants.
 Report the suspected child abuse and neglect.
 If the child appears older than the 30 days, then process as if the child were abused or
being neglected
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 Inform the relinquishing individual
 Do not reveal the information on the public level that is associated with the
relinquishment (Hoult, 2018).
METHOD AND METHDODLOGIES
Search strategies
While process the research, some of the important search strategies are used to follow in
order to gather more information and data which is related with the research topic. The search
strategy that will be followed include PubMed, science direct, Elsevier, springer link and many
more. It is useful research strategies which will be taken under the consideration for the proper
and appropriate collection of data and information that is linked with the research topic (Hughes,
2018).
Database used
The database is an important aspect which is followed within the research process and procedure
in order collect most appropriate article, journals, books and other available context that show
huge aspect of data. The database that will be used within the project is PubMed central,
Cochrane library, EMBASE and so on. They have set of article and other where million are
article are used to available on the same place.
Research method
The primary research is defined as the aspect which is undertaken in order to collect the data
from the primary source which include interview that is face to face, closed ended question and
many more (Marinelli, Lyden and Peeples, 2021). The secondary research method is more
suitable that is will be undertaken for the research in order to collect appropriate and refillable
data which is related with chosen topic. The secondary research method is referring as the
phenomena which is used within the research for the extraction of data from the secondary
source which include article, Journals, website and books. These all aspect are reliable and
valuable for the appropriate data collection and selection for the research process which show
evidence (Jolly, 2018).
Research choice
Within the research process mixed method is used to collect and gather the information and data.
The mixed method carries qualitative and quantitative data both. The qualitative method is used
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within the research in order to collect the data. The qualitative choice defined as the data or
information which is available in the form of description, theory and thesis. Therefore, they are
usually containing morphological characteristic set of data in the form of theoretical information
which is related with the research topic. The qualitative choice usually used within the research
process which act as normal valuable aspect for the appropriate and functional data and
information that show significance within the research chosen topic (Rimer, 2019). The
quantitative method used to collect the information from the statistical and numeric based that
play relevance within the research topic.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATION
While conducting the research, there are number of issue which is taken during the process
and procedure of research which is based on the ethic, value and norms. It is important to
maintain the proper ethical consideration while conducting the research in the appropriate way.
The ethical consideration within the research are usually set of principle which help to guide the
research design and their practice. Moreover, these principles usually include participation,
informed consent anonymity, privacy and confidently while performing the research process and
also focus on the result communication. The breaching of these ethical consideration may cause
the ethical issue and interrupted the flow of research process (Spratt, Devaney and Frederick, J.,
2019).
RESULT/FINDING
The outcome of the study is usually focus on the various aspect which is usually follow
within the healthcare setting. In addition, the new born abandonment is the major issue which is
faced by the several healthcare setting. The causes are usually known which is related with the
poverty related with the unwanted pregnancy which is happen by the women that lead to cause of
abandoned of child. with this contrast, the law towards the protection of child abandonment is
follow to reduce the complexities which is faced by healthcare sector that minimise their
productivity (Wilson, 2020).
CONCLUSION
As per the above discussion, it is analysed that the new born child abandonment is the major
issue within the UK. The healthcare setting usually focus on the various intervention in order to
prevent such aspect of barrier which is informative. This is usually happening due to lack of
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education and psychological ability where mother abandon their child. Therefore, the law paly
crucial rile in order to protect the right of the new born child and provide care and support.
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