Parental Presence and Essential Care in the NICU: Thoughts from Parent, Clinical, Research, and Policy Experts (103)

Thursday, September 15, 2022

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM PDT

Location: Champagne 3-4

CE: 1

NCC Codes:
RNC-NIC: 4
NNP-BC: 5
RNC-LRN: 5
Pharmacology Credits: 0

Main Presenter(s)

Ashlee J. Vance, PhD

Assistant Scientist
Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan, United States

Disclosure: I have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Slides

Panelist(s)

Tiffany A. Moore, PhD,RN, SANE-A

Associate Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Disclosure: Disclosure information not submitted.
Media S. Esser, Phd, NNP-BC, APNP, CWCN

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program Chair, Assistant Professor
Alverno College
Cecil, Wisconsin, United States

Disclosure: Disclosure information not submitted.

Moderator(s)

AL

Angela Lindbloom

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This panel discussion will begin with brief introductions from the panel members regarding current practices and challenges with supporting unlimited parental presence in the NICU. We will engage the audience members with questions about parent engagement, presence, and parental value in providing essential care. Our goal is to have crucial conversations with members of our community with respect to the diverse needs of both NICU professionals and the families we serve. We will highlight information presented in NANN’s consensus statement “parents as essential care” and discuss ways NICU professionals can advocate for parental presence in their NICUs. Supporting parental presence will also be discussed as a strategy to increase health equity efforts and reduce the potential for health disparities in the NICU. Our goal for this session will be to empower those in attendance to recommit and advocate for parental presence and supportive family practices in the NICU as we all strive to provide equitable care to the infants we serve.

Learning Objectives:

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

Describe development and use of the “parents as essential care” consensus statement
Discuss the benefits of parental presence on infant health
Discuss polices and strategies to overcome challenges and barriers to unlimited parent presence