Improving Developmental Positioning in a Level III NICU Using Evidence-Based Teaching and a Standardized Tool: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project

Author:

Howe Cindy C.,Rose Karen P.,Ferrick Jennifer,Pines Rachyl,Pardo Adrian

Abstract

Positioning and handling is a core measure of developmental care that has been universally difficult to implement in the technical NICU environment. Appropriate positioning has been shown to not only improve postural and musculoskeletal outcomes, but enhance sensory development, physiologic stability, thermal regulation, behavioral organization, sleep facilitation, and brain development. In order to improve the developmental positioning practices of bedside nurses in a level III neonatal intensive care unit, a quality improvement project was initiated. Guided by the Iowa Model for Evidence-Based Practice, this project included an evidence-based educational intervention and a standardized positioning assessment tool. After the intervention, there was improvement in knowledge scores, and positioning scores increased from an average of 8.81 +/− 0.19 to 10.93 +/− 0.15.

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company

Subject

Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine,Critical Care Nursing,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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