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Family Centered Developmental Course
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Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

Identify five ways that families can be incorporated into the NICU care team.
  • How can the NICU staff make parents feel welcome?
  • What about parents attending rounds?
  • What kind of access are parents allowed?
  • What is family-integrated care?

Describe three ways that NICU staff can facilitate parents' roles as parents.
  • When should parents be involved in their baby's care?
  • What is the "teach back" method?
  • What are some models of parent education?
  • What can we do to facilitate parent-baby bonding and attachment?

Identify three benefits of skin-to-skin contact to baby and mother.
  • What are some of the physiologic benefits to baby?
  • What are some of the emotional benefits to mother?

Describe one relationship between maternal depression and the baby's development.
  • What are the effects on the baby's cognitive development?  Behavioral regulation?  Growth?
  • How do depressed mothers interact with their babies?

Describe three positive benefits that single family rooms have on the NICU baby's development.
  • What benefits do single family rooms have on breastfeeding rates?
  • What benefits do single family rooms have on infant language development?
  • What benefits do single family rooms have on  cognitive development?

Identify three Potentially Better Practices for Family-Centered Developmental Care.
  • How can we involve parents as full partners in the NICU?
  • How can staff mentor parents in the care of their baby?
  • What is the role of occupational, physical, and speech therapists in developmental care?
*Completing this course will provide the participant with 1 CEU or 1 CME based on licensure
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