McMaster NICU

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McMaster NICU Our Culture Shift to Infant
Driven and Developmentally Supportive Care
Protected Sleep
Skin to Skin
Cue Based Feeding
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How Did We Start?

• Creation of a multidisciplinary team supported
  our the management team
• Literature search
• Goal setting
• What is our focus?
• What do we want to change?
• Manageable goals and sustainability
• Review of literature search related to our goals

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How Did We Educate?

• Utilization of our developmental care team
• Focus, Focus, FOCUS
• Development of KEY phrases
• Attention to resources
• Education days adult learning!!
• Lecture materials
• Interactive teaching (games, hands on,
  competitions)
• Simulation based learning

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How Are We Sustaining?

• Developmental care team, communication leaders
• Chart audits
• Developmental care bulletin board
• NICU INTouch publication
• New staff orientation
• Parent education and bedside tools
• Emails and updates
• Kangaroo-A-Thon
• Support lectures
• Celebrating successes
• ONGOING ASSESSMENT of our strategies