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Parents and
Caregivers
The Neonatal Quality Initiative Network is also
dedicated to supporting the educational needs of parents
of babies who are admitted to our units. Thus, besides
traditional means of communicating to parents the
difficult concepts concerning their sick babies’ medical
problems, this program aims to be an important tool at
providing useful educational materials and resources for
parents.
- Getting to know
the important people and the cutting-edge equipment
in the neonatal intensive care unit
- In-Hospital Family
Advocate
- A tour of a
preemie's unique features and needs - head to toe,
system by system
- Methods for
dealing with the fears and feelings common to new
parents of premature babies
- Ways parents can
bond with their newborn during the infant's extended
hospital stay
- Breastfeeding vs.
bottle-feeding, and how to develop a healthy feeding
pattern in the early days
- Necessary
preparations for bringing baby home
- Common concerns
and medical challenges during the first year
- Parent-to-Parent
networks increase parents' sense of empowerment.
- Parent-to-Parent
networks increase parents' acceptance of their
situation.
- Parent-to-Parent
networks increase parents' sense of their own
capacity to cope.
- Parent to parent
networks help parents' make progress on the need or
problem they present when they first contact a
Parent-to-Parent Network.
- In-hospital family
advocate
- Over 80% of
parents find Parent-to-Parent networks to be
helpful.
- Interviews
suggest that the kind of support Parent-to-Parent
offers is unique and probably cannot come from any
other source.
- Discharge Planning
and Follow-Up Assistance
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