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Creating a Therapeutic Positioning and Handling Program in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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Hillenburg, Jordan. Creating a Therapeutic Positioning and Handling Program In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. DeCleene Huber, Kate E..University of Indianapolis. 5120. uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/d0b85cbb-da65-4ca0-b376-2355a9f30c4e.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

H. Jordan. (5120). Creating a Therapeutic Positioning and Handling Program in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. https://uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/d0b85cbb-da65-4ca0-b376-2355a9f30c4e

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Hillenburg, Jordan. Creating a Therapeutic Positioning and Handling Program In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. University of Indianapolis. 5120. https://uindy.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/d0b85cbb-da65-4ca0-b376-2355a9f30c4e.

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The Doctoral Capstone Experience (DCE) is a 14-week long clinical rotation in which students are encouraged to gain advanced clinical skills and experience with program development. The primary focus of this reviewed clinical rotation was program development and education, with a secondary focus of advanced clinical skills. The goal of this program development was to implement an educational program to promote appropriate positioning in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at IU Health Bloomington Hospital in order to prevent postural and head deformities. The student created an educational resource on positioning and therapy roles in the NICU based off of themes discovered through a needs assessment. The student also created educational tools on the Infant Positioning Assessment Tool (IPAT) in order to implement the tool as a way to standardize positioning interventions. Additional efforts were made to ensure sustainability for this program such as: a therapy plan at bedside to improve follow through on therapy recommendations, a grant letter for a new safe sleep positioning device, and clearly stated safe sleep protocol for positioning device use in an open crib. Throughout the DCE, the student noted improved staff awareness and knowledge of positioning device use and IPAT scores. Additionally, the site mentor and student noted a decrease in head deformities in infants in open cribs. The site mentor will continue this program development following the student's time in the NICU.

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