Behind the Drape: Making Skin-to-Skin in the Operating Room a Routine Event

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: Behind the Drape: Making Skin-to-Skin in the Operating Room a Routine Event

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Kim Kenyon-Berry, MSed, BSN, RNC , Women's Health Services, Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs, NY
Cory Seymour, MSN, BSN , Women's Health Services, Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs, NY

Discipline: Newborn Care (N)

Learning Objectives:
  • The learner will identify roadblocks to implementing skin-to-skin in the OR at their own institution and solutions to overcoming them.
  • The learner will be able to teach and empower mothers experiencing Ceserean birth to be self advocates for STS in the OR.
  • The learner will identify the benefits of STS in the OR as it pertains to improving patient satisfaction of the birth experience.

    • Submission Description:
    This presentation will discuss the hurdles and teamwork required to make skin-to-skin mother-baby contact a reality in the OR for mothers experiencing Cesarean birth.

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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.