I1 - In Their Shoes: What Parents Wish Nurses Knew about Newborn Screening

Title: I1 - In Their Shoes: What Parents Wish Nurses Knew about Newborn Screening

Disciplines: Childbearing (CB), Newborn Care (N), Professional Issues (PI)

Learning Objectives:
  1. Discuss the critical role of nurses in newborn screening.
  2. Identify available resources for discussing newborn screening with parents and families.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to tell a story about newborn screening through a parent’s eyes.
Submission Description:
In 2013 we celebrated the 50th anniversary of saving lives through newborn screening. Nurses help draw blood samples on the 4 million babies born in the U.S. every year. In this session we tell the story of newborn screening through the eyes of parents, focusing on the importance of the nurse’s role. Case studies, videos, demonstrations, active audience participation and parent’s personal perspectives are featured.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Coronado H (Disney Coronado Springs)
Moderator:
Clifton J. Kenon Jr., DNP, RN, IBCLC
Presenting Authors:
Emily Drake, RN, PhD and Carla D. Cuthbert, PhD, FCCMG, FACMG
Author (not presenting)s:
Jelili Ojodu, MPH and Jill Levy - Fisch, B.A.
The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.