The Nurse Driven H-HOPE Program: Engaging Parents of Preemies (104)

Thursday, September 15, 2022

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM PDT

Location: Concorde A/B

CE: 1

NCC Codes:
RNC-NIC: 2
NNP-BC: 3
RNC-LRN: 2
Pharmacology Credits: 0

Main Presenter(s)

Rosemary White-Traut, FAAN, PhD, RN

Director, Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Children's Wisconsin
Hinsdale, Illinois, United States

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Slides

Moderator(s)

Brittany L. Kyle, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW, C-NNIC, C-ONQS, CBC

Clinical Nurse - Pediatrics
Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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Heather L. Stephens, DNP, RNC-NIC, ACCNS-N

Neonatal Clinical Practice Nurse Leader
Penn State Health Hershey
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

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Following the birth of a preterm infant, parents experience stress and request that nurses help them in learning how to care for and engage with their infants. The H-HOPE Program strengthens infants’ behavioral abilities, supports the progression of oral feeding and improves parent-infant social interaction. Parents learn how to read, interpret, and respond to their infants’ behavioral cues while providing a multisensory behavioral intervention, called Massage+. During this session, an innovative way to teach parents using participatory guidance will be presented.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, the learner will be able to:

Review the development of the sensory systems in utero and post birth
Review current developmental interventions provided by nurses in the NICU
Discuss the H-HOPE Program for parents and infants
Discuss infant behavior, feeding, growth, health, and social interaction following H-HOPE
Identify effective strategies for teaching parents how to engage with their preterm infants