When You Doze Off, Baby Rolls Off

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: When You Doze Off, Baby Rolls Off

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Mary M. Hantske, MSN, RNC-OB , Women's and Children's Services, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD
June P. Brouse, MSN, RNC-MNN , Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD

Discipline: Newborn Care (N)

Learning Objectives:
  • After vewing the poster, the participant will be able to: Identify the most frequent scenarios leading to newborn falls in the hospital setting.
  • Describe strategies to help prevent newborn falls.
  • Discuss the role of parental education in preventing newborn falls.

    • Submission Description:
    New parents are exhausted and are prone to falling asleep while holding their babies. We dramatically reduced our incidence of newborn falls through a comprehensive falls prevention program, focused on parent and family education.

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    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.