C04-1 Evidence-Informed Newborn Care: Updates on Best Practices
Authors: Melanie Basso RN, BSN, MSN, PNC(C); Lani Wittmann RN, BSN, MSN, PNC(C); Megan Bolton RN, BSN, MSN, Neonatal Certification; Danica Hamilton RN, BSN, MSN, PNC(C), Neonatal Certification
Presenters: Melanie Basso, Megan Bolton, and Danica Hamilton, BC Women's Hospital, Vancouver BC
Purpose: To present a number of best practice initiatives underway at a tertiary care centre in Canada.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the process conducted by an interprofessional group to apply evidence to policies and guidelines informing the care of newborns.
- Learn about best practices for the implementation of projects such as Oral Immune Therapy and Sudden Unexpected Postnatal Collapse.
- Understand knowledge translation strategies to implement best practices in a tertiary care setting.
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C04-2 Infant Feeding Protocols - A Cross-Organizational, Cross-Provincial Initiative
Author: Sonya Boersma MScN, RN, IBCLC
Presenter: Sonya Boersma, BFI Strategy for Ontario, Ottawa ON
Purpose: Evidence-based breastfeeding protocols are in development cross-organizationally and cross-provincially. Learn about the collaborative approach, rigorous methodology, and how these protocols, aligned with the Baby-Friendly Initiative, will help your work with clients or patients.
Learning Objectives:
- Examine the methodology and tools used to create high-quality, evidence-informed breastfeeding protocols for health care providers.
- Describe the lessons learned and opportunities of using a cross-organizational and multi-provincial approach to develop a resource that is applicable and transferable across provinces.
- Familiarize participants with the revised protocols while explaining the importance of having access to current, consistent, evidence-informed, and BFI-aligned information when counselling clients with breastfeeding.
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C04-3 Newborn Pain Management - Addressing an Ongoing Knowledge-to-Action Gap
Author: Denise Harrison RN, PhD
Presenter: Denise Harrison, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
Purpose: To highlight an ongoing knowledge-to-action gap concerning pain management in newborn infants during routinely performed painful needle procedures.
Learning Objectives:
- Know the evidence supporting analgesic effects of breastfeeding, skin-to-skin care and sweet solutions in newborn infants.
- Understand the knowledge-to-action gap of effective newborn pain reduction during commonly performed needle procedures.
- Gain an understanding of using social media to disseminate newborn pain knowledge targeted at parents.