Program Description
Dalai Lama said “our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them at least don’t hurt them”. These words resound strongly and express tremendously the importance of programs such as my Safe Sleep Live Child hospital based SIDS awareness and education program. The primary purpose of my program is to reduce the risk of injury or death to infants while sleeping. To better teach inexperienced parents, it has been recommended that “instruction, reinforcement and demonstration” of safe sleep practices ought to be done in the vicinity of both parents and other potential guardians, and that training about safe sleep ought to be more straightforward and interactive (Forlwer, 2003). My project involves …show more content…
To screen trends in SIDS and other SUIDs nationally, the United States categorizes diseases and injuries as per the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnostic codes. Research shows that program staff individuals are more inclined to report utilizing the back to sleep position when projects have adopted sleep policies, conventions for educating parents and staff about safe sleep policies, and obliged training in which safe sleep policies were examined(Moon et al. 2008). Using this research finding, my program attempts to be a set of standards and regulations that will be set in place in the hospitals for staff to adhere to in order to help encourage and enforce safe sleep habits among parents. Prior to discharge, all parents should be informed. Staff should review the “Safe Sleep for your Baby” pamphlet with parents. Parents should also be taught what SIDS is, risk factors, and how to prevent SIDS at …show more content…
Extra endeavors to comprehend and locate boundaries to changes in provider disposition and practices about safe sleep are essential to proceed with advancement in attaining to safe sleep situations in hospital settings (Moon et al. 2008). As a result, my program also offers the opportunity for OB/GYN unit staff to attend presentations on SIDS that will be offered at their local hospitals in order to increase awareness in the hospital staff. During these presentations, a video will also be played that demonstrates the type of unsafe sleep habits parents often employ and what a proper and safe sleep environment should look like for an
Dalai Lama said “our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them at least don’t hurt them”. These words resound strongly and express tremendously the importance of programs such as my Safe Sleep Live Child hospital based SIDS awareness and education program. The primary purpose of my program is to reduce the risk of injury or death to infants while sleeping. To better teach inexperienced parents, it has been recommended that “instruction, reinforcement and demonstration” of safe sleep practices ought to be done in the vicinity of both parents and other potential guardians, and that training about safe sleep ought to be more straightforward and interactive (Forlwer, 2003). My project involves …show more content…
To screen trends in SIDS and other SUIDs nationally, the United States categorizes diseases and injuries as per the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnostic codes. Research shows that program staff individuals are more inclined to report utilizing the back to sleep position when projects have adopted sleep policies, conventions for educating parents and staff about safe sleep policies, and obliged training in which safe sleep policies were examined(Moon et al. 2008). Using this research finding, my program attempts to be a set of standards and regulations that will be set in place in the hospitals for staff to adhere to in order to help encourage and enforce safe sleep habits among parents. Prior to discharge, all parents should be informed. Staff should review the “Safe Sleep for your Baby” pamphlet with parents. Parents should also be taught what SIDS is, risk factors, and how to prevent SIDS at …show more content…
Extra endeavors to comprehend and locate boundaries to changes in provider disposition and practices about safe sleep are essential to proceed with advancement in attaining to safe sleep situations in hospital settings (Moon et al. 2008). As a result, my program also offers the opportunity for OB/GYN unit staff to attend presentations on SIDS that will be offered at their local hospitals in order to increase awareness in the hospital staff. During these presentations, a video will also be played that demonstrates the type of unsafe sleep habits parents often employ and what a proper and safe sleep environment should look like for an