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THIS CLASS INCREASES PARENTS’ CONFIDENCE AND TEACHES HANDS-ON CARE IN THE NICU.
Having your newborn admitted to a NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) can be a scary and overwhelming experience. With the current emphasis on family-centered care in the NICU, it is important parents are educated and prepared. Our new curriculum helps families feel supported and empowered throughout their NICU journey.
This complete curriculum standardizes NICU education with consistent, research-based content in a variety of teaching formats. Available formats:
- High-quality videos
- Colorful pages with text and photos
- Parent’s Toolbox, including a pumping log and milestone tracker
- Optional weekly emails with timely tips
CONTENT INCLUDES:
- Importance of Breastmilk: Pumping and breastmilk information
- NICU Staff & Equipment: First impressions, NICU team, communicating with NICU staff, medical equipment
- Premature Babies: Defining prematurity, characteristics, behaviors, long-term development
- Medical Conditions in the NICU: Common health conditions, additional syndromes and birth defects, if baby needs surgery
- Interacting With Your Baby: Spending time together, healing touch, kangaroo care, reading cues, signs of overstimulation
- Feeding Your Baby: What NICU babies eat, feeding methods, cue-based feeding, feeding at breast
- Self-Care for NICU Parents: Emotions, physical self-care, getting support, siblings
- Preparing for Discharge: Requirements for discharge, rooming-in, preparing for the trip home
- Life at Home: Crying & comforting, feeding & feeding challenges, introducing solid food, safe sleep & sleep cycles, play & development
