Extending courtesy to our littlest patients: Interdisciplinary collaboration to promote skin to skin for neonatal comfort
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Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015:
Background: Laboratory services sought collaboration to increase satisfaction in the perception of their courtesy towards the mother/infant population. Press Ganey scores were used to measure this perception.
Case: This project aimed to extend the practice of encouraging skin to skin and breastfeeding to our interdisciplinary colleagues .Our facility was on the Baby-Friendly jouRN (desigation obtained in October, 2014) and had already hardwired skin to skin contact into our standard nursing care. A review of the literature revealed multiple randomized controlled studies and a systematic review that provided evidence that infants who are placed skin to skin and/or allowed to breastfeed or suck during painful procedures experienced a 50% or greater reduction in pain based upon a standardized neonatal pain assessment tool. The literature also suggested that babies only a couple of days old remember painful procedures and that aversion remains with them. This knowledge was translated into a training program for laboratory technicians who served the Maternal/infant unit.
Conclusion: Post intervention Press Ganey lab courtesy scores were markedly increased.
Research Congress 2015 Theme: Question Locally, Engage Regionally, Apply Globally. Held at the Puerto Rico Convention Center.
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Type | Poster |
Acquisition | Proxy-submission |
Review Type | Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host |
Format | Text-based Document |
Evidence Level | N/A |
Research Approach | N/A |
Keywords | Skin-to-Skin; Neonatal Pain |
CINAHL Subject(s) | Kangaroo Care; Pain--Prevention and Control--In Infancy and Childhood |
Name | 26th international Nursing Research Congress |
Host | Sigma Theta Tau International |
Location | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Date | 2015 |
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