F3 - Utilizing The Evidence To Explore The Risks and Benefits Of Pacifier Usage: Should They Ever Be Recommended?

Title: F3 - Utilizing The Evidence To Explore The Risks and Benefits Of Pacifier Usage: Should They Ever Be Recommended?

Disciplines: Advanced Practice (AP), Newborn Care (N)

Learning Objectives:
  1. Understand the risks and benefits of pacifier usage based on the evidence
  2. Differentiate between the various levels of evidence that support individual risks/ benefits
  3. Discuss specific situations/cases when, based on the evidence, pacifier usage may or may not be indicated
Submission Description:
Pacifier usage is controversial and published recommendations contradictory. The purpose of this literature review was to provide a comprehensive summary of risks and benefits of pacifier usage based upon the highest levels of evidence available, and provide a reference for nurses to utilize while assisting mothers in making an informed decision. The relative strength of the evidence and specific situations when pacifiers should be recommended or discouraged will be discussed.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
Cheekwood GH (Gaylord Opryland)
Moderator:
Cheryl Swift, BSN, RNC, RNII
Presenting Author:
Antonia M. Nelson, RNC, MSN, PhD, IBCLC
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