Nursing Process Improvement

(1037) A NICU’s Clinical-Academic Partnership to Develop and Pilot Test a Family Management Intervention for Parents of Preterm Infants

Poster Presenter(s)

Ashley M. Weber, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

We aimed to refine and pilot test a mobile health (mHealth), video-based family management program for parents of preterm infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). By moving beyond the basic infant care tasks taught by parenting programs and instead comprehensively training parents to use evidence-based family management skills, we hypothesize that our intervention, called PREEMIE PROGRESS, will better equip parents to meet the chronic, complex healthcare needs of their preterm infant.

Learning Objectives:

Define family management, and describe the knowledge, skills, and processes that families use to successfully manage a child's chronic condition (prematurity).
List the strengths and weaknesses of current family programs for parents of preterm infants hospitalized in the NICU.
Apply partnership-based strategies to implement family-centered care interventions in their neonatal setting.