B1 - Improving Newborn Clinical Outcomes with Delayed Bathing

Title: B1 - Improving Newborn Clinical Outcomes with Delayed Bathing

Disciplines: Childbearing (CB), Newborn Care (N)

Learning Objectives:
  • 1. Discuss traditional versus evidence based nursing practices for newborns
  • 2. Outline the implementation of the process improvement project for delayed bathing.
  • 3. Discuss how a change in nursing practice can successfully impact newborn clinical outcomes.

    • Submission Description:
    Newborn transition to extra-uterine life allows the infant to rest skin-to-skin on mom and attempt to breastfeed within the first few hours of life. Traditional nursing practice disregards any newborn physiological indicators in order to complete nursing care tasks that are not evidence based such as newborn bathing within 4 to 6 hours of birth. This presentation discusses improved infant attachment and newborn clinical outcomes by delaying the bath 8-12 hours.
    Monday, June 15, 2015: 1:45 PM-2:45 PM
    Grand Ballroom 2 (Long Beach Convention Center)
    Moderator:
    Barbara Tewell, BSN, MSN, RNC
    Presenting Authors:
    Raquel Kelly Walker, MSN, RNC-MNN, RN-BC and Anita Fort, RNC-LRN, IBCLC, BSN
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