INCREASE
SKIN TO SKIN
IN A LEVEL 4 NICU
Guest Speakers:
Kim Marsh, NNP
Heather Young, NICU OT
To honor of Kangaroo Care Awareness and to celebrate this important topic, we are offering a free series of recorded lectures that focus on this important topic.
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Kim Marsh, NNP & Heather Young, NICU O
May 1 - Increase Skin to Skin in a Level 4 NICU
Kim Marsh NNP and Heather Young PT from Omaha Children's Hospital along with their NeuroNICU Medical Director Dr. Eric Peeples transformed the culture of their NICU from less than 4 babies being held skin to skin per week to more than 20. This change in practice required this team to update policies, perform education and empower families and nurse to make holding part of the every day practice in their NICU.
Elizabeth Broverman, BSN, RNC-NIC & Kathryn Fedor, RNC-NIC
May 8 - First Hold Initiative
As NICU nurses we experience many first along side the families that we care for. In this presentation, Katie Fedor and Elizabeth Broverman, share at the 2019 ONE Conference how they took a simple idea and created a movement in their NICU. The First Hold Initiative has transformed the culture and care provided in this NICU and this presentation shares with you inspiration on the power of ONE simple intervention.
Dr. Malathi Balasundaram
May 15 - Out of the Box Strategy -
Parent Holding
How many hours or days or weeks go by before babies in your NICU are held? In this presentation, Dr. Malathi Baladasam shares an initiative in her NICU to decrease the delay and increase the frequency of holding in the NICU.
Suzanne Milkiewicz-Bryjak MA, RN, HN-BC
May 22 - Restoring Emotional Connection
The NICU disrupts the normal experience of bonding for families. In this presentation Suzanne from Columbia University's Family Nurture Intervention program shares about the importance of not only promoting bonding and holding in the NICU but we must not neglect the importance of fostering emotional connection between babies and their parents.
Dr. Paul Clarke
May 29 - Delivery Room Cuddles
The birth of a sick or premature infant can be a terrifying and traumatizing experience for families. Dr. Paul Clarke and his team helps to reduce the negative experience of the NICU right from the Delivery Room.
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