Improving SIDS Discharge Education : A Standardized Approach

dc.contributor.authorSpallinger, Angela H.
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-07T19:12:24Z
dc.date.available2021-12-07T19:12:24Z
dc.date.created2021
dc.descriptionAdvanced Nursing Studiesen_US
dc.description.abstractSudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) prevention continues to be a focus in healthcare. The consistency and quality of education regarding safe sleep practices provided to parents of newborns at discharge can affect the techniques used at home to prevent death from SIDS. A quality improvement project was conducted at a hospital in the Midwest involving registered nurses on the obstetrics and special care nursery units. The intervention consisted of developing a standardized safe sleep educational pamphlet and a plan for consistent discharge education regarding SIDS prevention. Participants completed a pretest assessing their baseline knowledge of SIDS prevention and safe sleep, utilized the new SIDS prevention pamphlet along with a oneminute video clip to deliver discharge education regarding safe sleep to parents of newborns, and then took the posttest at the completion of the project. Quantitative data was examined from pretest and posttest scores, along with qualitative feedback solicited from parent surveys about the education after discharge. Participation was low and results showed no change in knowledge from the comparison of pre and posttest answers. When asked, parents were able to recall key elements of the education and indicated that they used the information about safe sleep at home.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11216/4184
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherNorthern Kentucky Universityen_US
dc.subjectSudden infant death syndromeen_US
dc.subjectNewborn infantsen_US
dc.subjectPatient discharge instructionsen_US
dc.titleImproving SIDS Discharge Education : A Standardized Approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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