Abstract: Newborn Code Response: Identifying Barriers and Developing Solutions in the Implementation of Newborn Mock Code Drills (Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Convention (September 25

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Title: Newborn Code Response: Identifying Barriers and Developing Solutions in the Implementation of Newborn Mock Code Drills

Chris Pykett, RNC, BSN , Special Care Nursery, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL

Susan M. Sinopoli, BSN, RNC-MNN , Women's and Children's Services, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL

Jody Wendt, RNC, BSN , Special Care Nursery, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL

Discipline: Newborn (NB), Childbearing (CB), Advanced Practice (AP)

Learning Objectives:

To define potential barriers to timely and effective intervention in response to the compromised newborn on an inpatient obstetrics unit.
To identify steps necessary to successfully implement interdisciplinary newborn mock code drills.
To describe positive participant outcomes obtained as a result of implementing mock newborn code drills.

Submission Description:

Poster Presentation Only.

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