Importance of Rooming-in of Postpartum Couplets


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Documented research studies show the benefits of having postpartum mothers and infants rooming-in with each other. The process of rooming-in involves the mothers and infants not being separated during routine care, the infants would remain with the mother at all times unless a medically indicated reason arises. The outcomes of research studies support the need for rooming-in, that rooming-in has positively impacted the bonding process and increased breastfeeding results in those intending to breastfeed. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) support the step of rooming-in for postpartum couplets. These organizations recommend "that all healthy mothers and babies, regardless of feeding preference and method of birth, have uninterrupted skin-to-skin care" (Crenshaw, 2014, pages 212). During this time period, the bonding process is started and an early breastfeeding experience may occur. This paper will provide educational tools and a proposal for a 6 month pilot study on rooming-in and the effects of this process. Education for this departmental change would be given to the nursing staff after approval for the process has been obtained. An implementation plan for education of staff, mothers, and parents would be included along with an evaluation of the results. Staff Pre- and Post-tests would be given to determine effectiveness of mandatory education meetings, including their perceptions on their learning of the process. Parent initial questionnaires and 2 day questionnaires would be given, providing information on their learning processes and their overall perceptions of the process of rooming-inches A retrospective chart audit would be completed and compared with the pilot study, comparing the number of breast feeds per day and reasons as to why the infants were kept in the newborn nursery. The effects on the outcomes of breastfeeding and bonding would be provided in the dissemination plan and shared with the stakeholders involved. This paper will analyze the effects of rooming-in on the postpartum couplets, including their perceived outcomes related to bonding and breastfeeding.




Significance of Couplet Care on Post-partum Patients and Staff


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According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (1998), allowing new mothers to be cared for in the same room as their infant 24 hours a day is the seventh step of the ten steps to successful breastfeeding. Rooming-in and couplet care has been proven to increase positive outcomes, in many ways, for both the mother and infant (Couplet care for all, 2012). The following will identify a problem on a mother-baby unit in a hospital in Winchester, Virginia with proposed solutions related to couplet care. One recent research study found that couplet care positively effects breast feeding due to the promotion, education and support of breastfeeding (Grzeczinski Zenkner, Fortes Brasil Miorim, Silveira Cardoso, Portella Ribeiro, Cezar-Vaz and Pereira Rocha, 2013). The results of a similar study, in which couplet care was implemented, found that exclusive breastfeeding increased by 38% in the facility in which the study was conducted (Maugans, Buchko and Gutshall, 2013). This project will attempt to answer the question in new mothers and infants being cared for on a post-partum inpatient unit, what is the impact of fully utilized couplet care versus modified or non-use of couplet care on the overall care of the patient's including breastfeeding, maternal-infant relationship, safety and satisfaction? The implementation will begin by educating potential patients and all staff effected by this change. Meetings will be held among staff and the implementation team in order to ensure all questions are answered and increase the chance for 100% compliance. The practice change, detailed below, will then take effect with constant monitoring and evaluation by the implementation team. Results will be evaluated after three months, final changes will be made as necessary and then steps to finalizing the change will ensue.




Family-centered Maternity Care


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Midwifery & Women's Health




Maternal-Child Nursing


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Ideal for accelerated maternity and pediatrics courses, Maternal-Child Nursing, 4th Edition is filled with user-friendly features to help you quickly master essential concepts and skills. It offers completely updated content that's easy to read and understand. Plus, active learning tools give you the chance to practice applying your knowledge and make learning fun! Critical Thinking Exercises allow you to apply your knowledge to realistic clinical situations. Nursing care plans assist you with applying the nursing process to plan individualized care for the most common maternity and pediatric conditions. Critical to Remember boxes summarize and highlight essential, need-to-know information. Communication Cues provide practical tips for effective verbal and nonverbal communication with patients and families. Clinical Reference sections in pediatric chapters present information relevant to each body system, including anatomy and physiology, differences in the pediatric patient, and related laboratory and diagnostic tests. Integrated electronic features match icons in the text, so you can use print and electronic resources more effectively together. Using Research to Improve Practice boxes help you determine proper care to reinforce best practice. Spanish translations are included for phrases commonly encountered with maternity and pediatric patients. Improved design makes the text easier to read, and up-to-date photos ensure accuracy.




Maternal-Child Nursing - E-Book


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Integrated electronic features match icons in the text, so you can use print and electronic resources more effectively together. Using Research to Improve Practice boxes help you determine proper care to reinforce best practice. Spanish translations are included for phrases commonly encountered with maternity and pediatric patients. Improved design makes the text easier to read, and up-to-date photos ensure accuracy.




Introductory Maternity & Pediatric Nursing


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Prepare today’s LPN/LVN students for success on the NCLEX-PN® and in clinical practice with this proven introduction to the essentials of maternity and pediatric nursing. Designed specifically for the LPN curriculum, Introductory Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, 5th Edition, focuses on need-to-know coverage of pregnancy, birth, and pediatrics, combining a clear, straightforward approach with built-in workbook features that reinforce understanding without the need for an additional study guide. Accompanied by engaging online resources, this up-to-date learning package provides the ideal foundation for your students’ success in LPN/LVN practice.




Study Guide for Maternal Child Nursing Care - E-Book


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Master content from the textbook with this helpful study tool! Designed to accompany Perry's Maternal Child Nursing Care, 4th Edition, this workbook will assist students in understanding and applying material from each chapter in the text.




Maternal & Child Health Nursing


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Growing research shows that many children from immigrant and refugee families are not doing well in school, due in part to linguistic and cultural disadvantages. Teaching dual-language learners requires cultural sensitivity, an understanding of language acquisition, and intentional teaching strategies. Combining research and techniques, this resource helps early childhood educators support dual-language learners as they develop the skills necessary for school readiness and success.




Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breast-feeding


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This book sets out the facts and lines of action that enable health services to achieve their full potential as part of society's first line of support to breast-feeding. Against the larger backdrop of community attitudes that variously sustain or restrain breast-feeding the 32-page booklet translates the most up-to-date knowledge and practical experience about lactation into precise recommendations on care for mothers before during and after pregnancy and delivery. The statement begins by listing 10 important steps to successful breast-feeding intended for application in every facility providing maternity services and care for newborn infants. Readers are told that mothers should be helped to breast-feed within a half hour of birth that newborn infants should be given no food or drink other than breast milk unless medically indicated and that rooming-in should be practised 24 hours a day. Particularly practical is a section devoted to individual care, which spells out procedures to follow at five important stages from prenatal history-taking and counseling through care during and after delivery to what to do when a mother is discharged from the health care facility. Readers are informed that the risk of neonatal infection is in fact greater in the closed environment of a nursery than when infants remain with their mothers and that exclusive on-demand breast-feeding should be the norm throughout the clinic or hospital stay. The booklet concludes with a 20-point check-list that maternity wards and clinics can use to gauge how well they are protecting promoting and supporting breast-feeding.




Maternal Child Nursing Care


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Written by the foremost experts in maternity and pediatric nursing, Maternal Child Nursing Care, 5th Edition offers the accurate, practical information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the NCLEX® examination. This new edition offers numerous content updates throughout the text to keep you up-to-date on the latest topics and best practices. Plus hundreds of illustrations, alert boxes, and tables clarify key content and help you quickly find essential information. Atraumatic Care boxes in the pediatric unit teach you how to provide competent and effective care to pediatric patients with the least amount of physical or psychological stress.Community Focus boxes emphasize community issues, supply resources and guidance, and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings.Critical thinking case studies offer opportunities to test and develop your analytical skills and apply knowledge in various settings.Emergency boxes in the maternity unit guide you through step-by-step emergency procedures.Expert authors of the market-leading maternity and pediatric nursing textbooks combine to ensure delivery of the most accurate, up-to-date content.Family-Centered Care boxes highlight the needs or concerns of families that you should consider to provide family-centered care. NEW! Content updates throughout the text give you the latest information on topics such as the late preterm infant, fetal heart rate pattern identification, obesity in the pregnant woman, shaken baby syndrome/traumatic brain injury, Healthy People 2020, car restraints, immunizations, and childhood obesity.NEW! Updated Evidence-Based Practice boxes including QSEN KSAs (knowledge, skills, attitudes) provide the most current practice guidelines to promote quality care.NEW! Medication Alerts stress medication safety concerns for better therapeutic management.NEW! Safety Alerts highlighted and integrated within the content draw attention to developing competencies related to safe nursing practice.