TY - JOUR
T1 - Educating parents about the risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome
T2 - The role of neonatal intensive care unit and well baby nursery nurses
AU - Esposito, Linda
AU - Hegyi, Thomas
AU - Ostfeld, Barbara M.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - Nurses in newborn nurseries and neonatal intensive care units are instrumental in educating parents about reducing the risk for SIDS. Nurse participation is acknowledged and encouraged in the current policy statement on SIDS Risk Reduction put forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Despite the decline in SIDS, it remains the leading cause of postneonatal infant mortality, and despite greater public compliance with the risk reduction guidelines there is room for improvement in how effectively and consistently they are disseminated. To facilitate nursing participation as educators, role models, and collaborators in the development of relevant hospital policies and procedures, we review the current recommendations, addressing issues that may serve as barriers to participation, describing the biological plausibility underlying risk-reducing practices, and presenting resources from which nurses may obtain teaching materials and model policies.
AB - Nurses in newborn nurseries and neonatal intensive care units are instrumental in educating parents about reducing the risk for SIDS. Nurse participation is acknowledged and encouraged in the current policy statement on SIDS Risk Reduction put forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Despite the decline in SIDS, it remains the leading cause of postneonatal infant mortality, and despite greater public compliance with the risk reduction guidelines there is room for improvement in how effectively and consistently they are disseminated. To facilitate nursing participation as educators, role models, and collaborators in the development of relevant hospital policies and procedures, we review the current recommendations, addressing issues that may serve as barriers to participation, describing the biological plausibility underlying risk-reducing practices, and presenting resources from which nurses may obtain teaching materials and model policies.
KW - Neonatal intensive care
KW - Newborn nursery
KW - Parent education
KW - Sudden infant death syndrome
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U2 - 10.1097/01.JPN.0000270634.89240.a9
DO - 10.1097/01.JPN.0000270634.89240.a9
M3 - Article
C2 - 17505237
SN - 0893-2190
VL - 21
SP - 158
EP - 164
JO - Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
JF - Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
IS - 2
ER -