Using an Antepartum Education Program to Decrease Stress and Anxiety in Parents Prior to Admission and While Caring for Their Infants in the NICU

Tussey, Christina

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Title: Using an Antepartum Education Program to Decrease Stress and Anxiety in Parents Prior to Admission and While Caring for Their Infants in the NICU

Longhorn Hall D (Gaylord Grapevine)

Christina Tussey, MSN, CNS, RNC-OB, RNC-MNN , Women and Infant Services, Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix Campus, Phoenix, AZ

Lisa DeLuca, BSN, RNC-NICU , Neonatal Intensive Care, Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix, Mesa, AZ

Michelle McWilliams, BSN, RN , Neonatal Intensive Care, Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix, Mesa, AZ

Lisa Tiltges, OTDR/L , Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

Alison Leake, BSN, RN , Neonatal Intensive Care, Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

Kathy Walker, MS, BSN, RN , NICU, Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

Discipline: Obstetric (OB), Neonatal (N)

Learning Objectives:

Identify the three different educational opportunities available to mothers who potentially have an infant admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

List what four areas the Parental stress scale: neonatal intensive care unit (PSS-NICU) will measure mother’s anxiety and stress in the NICU environment.

Describe the steps for implementation of an antepartum educational program to reducing the stress and anxiety in the mother with an infant in the NICU

Submission Description:

The Effect of Antepartum Educational Program on Decreasing Stress and Anxiety in the Mother Prior to Admission and While Caring for Their Infants in the NICU

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Meeting Information

Using an Antepartum Education Program to Decrease Stress and Anxiety in Parents Prior to Admission and While Caring for Their Infants in the NICU