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Neonatal network : NN · Jan 2009
Sudden infant death syndrome prevention: a model program for NICUs.
- Sherri L McMullen, Bethann Lipke, and Catherine LeMura.
- St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, 301 Prospect Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13203, USA. slm33@buffalo.edu
- Neonatal Netw. 2009 Jan 1;28(1):7-12.
AbstractHealth care providers' opinions can influence how parents place their infant to sleep. Neonatal nurses can improve how they teach and model safe infant sleep practices to parents. To increase neonatal nurses' knowledge, a sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) prevention program was implemented. Program components included a computerized teaching tool, a crib card, sleep sacks, and discharge instructions. Initial program evaluation showed that 98 percent of infants slept supine and 93 percent slept in sleep sacks in open cribs. However, nurses continued to swaddle some infants with blankets to improve thermoregulation. To increase nursing compliance in modeling safe infant sleep practices, Halo SleepSack Swaddles were provided for nurses to use in place of a blanket to regulate infant temperature. Recent data show that 100 percent of infants in open cribs are now sleeping supine wearing a Halo Swaddle or a traditional Halo SleepSack. This model program can easily be replicated to enhance neonatal nurses' knowledge about SIDS prevention.
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