No Separation - The Best Preparation: Best Practices for Transitioning to the Mother Baby Unit

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: No Separation - The Best Preparation: Best Practices for Transitioning to the Mother Baby Unit

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Marianne D. Bittle, MSN, RNC-OB , Women's Health Nursing - Silverstein 8 Maternity, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Christie Forward, BSN, RNC-MNN , Women's Health Nursing - Silverstein 8 Maternity, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Maggie Power, BSN, RNC-OB , Women's Health Nursing - Labor and Delivery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Discipline: Newborn Care (N), Professional Issues (PI), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • Identify evidence related to impact of non-separation admission care on maternal-infant attachment and breastfeeding
  • Describe the process of instituting the practice changes of non separation admission care and bedside handoff for admissions from the Birthing unit to the Mother Baby unit
  • Identify impact of this practice change on quality and satisfaction

    • Submission Description:
    Preparation for Baby Friendly designation required us to scrutinize practices that persisted due to tradition rather than evidence. The previous transfer process which used telephone report between units and then separated the mother-infant dyad for admission care was identified as inefficient and also interfered with bonding and breastfeeding. A collaborative effort led by our unit councils focused on bedside handoff and non-separation admission care as best practices for transitioning families to the Mother-Baby Unit.

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