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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Title: Shhhhhh......Implementation of Quiet Time On the Mother/Infant Unit
Discipline: Women’s Health (WH), Professional Issues (PI), Newborn (NB), Childbearing (CB), Advanced Practice (AP)
Learning Objectives:
Submission Description:- Identify rationale for implementation of Quiet Time on the Mother/Infant unit.
- List barriers to Quiet Time implementation.
- Discuss strategies that staff can use to facilitate Quiet Time.
Shhhh….
Implementation of Quiet Time on the Mother/Infant Unit
SUMMARY
Promoting a restful, healing environment is vital to the well-being of new moms and babies. According to the literature, sleep deprivation can be linked to postpartum depression, and is a negative factor in the success of breastfeeding. Our facility improved breastfeeding outcomes, and increased patient and staff satisfaction by implementing Quiet Time on our Mother/Infant unit.
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RATIONALE
Our clinical excellence team chose to improve breastfeeding outcomes by decreasing night time supplementation. They surveyed staff on their knowledge of supplementation and current practice. They completed chart reviews and performed a literature search. This led to the implementation of Quiet Time on the Mother/Infant unit daily from 1430-1630. The literature suggests that uninterrupted rest times on the unit may improve breastfeeding at night.
IMPROVEMENT ACTIONS
Implementation of Quiet Time on the Mother/Infant Unit
SUMMARY
Promoting a restful, healing environment is vital to the well-being of new moms and babies. According to the literature, sleep deprivation can be linked to postpartum depression, and is a negative factor in the success of breastfeeding. Our facility improved breastfeeding outcomes, and increased patient and staff satisfaction by implementing Quiet Time on our Mother/Infant unit.
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RATIONALE
Our clinical excellence team chose to improve breastfeeding outcomes by decreasing night time supplementation. They surveyed staff on their knowledge of supplementation and current practice. They completed chart reviews and performed a literature search. This led to the implementation of Quiet Time on the Mother/Infant unit daily from 1430-1630. The literature suggests that uninterrupted rest times on the unit may improve breastfeeding at night.
IMPROVEMENT ACTIONS
- Creation of Clinical Excellence Team to empower staff to become involved in unit based initiatives
- Policy and documentation review
- Staff surveys
- Staff education related to the ten steps for successful breastfeeding and AAP policy statement.
- Patient, family and visitor education regarding the benefits of quiet time
- Quiet time awareness – post signs, dim lights
- Cluster care to provide uninterrupted rest time
- Increase in patient satisfaction as evidenced by improved surveys
- Increase in staff satisfaction as verbalized by staff and evidenced by staff participation in clinical excellence projects
- Decrease in night time supplementation as shown by chart reviews
