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A Standardized Web-Based Nursing Curriculum On Safe Infant Sleep Practices – A Vermont Statewide Initiative, Jace Nebeker
A Standardized Web-Based Nursing Curriculum On Safe Infant Sleep Practices – A Vermont Statewide Initiative, Jace Nebeker
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Project Publications
Background/Purpose: In Vermont and across the country, infants continue to die from Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome (SUIDS), which in most cases is preventable. Best practice recommendations to safe infant sleep education are available; however, ensuring dissemination of this new information to parents has been challenging. The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice project was to develop an evidence web-based nursing curriculum on safe infant sleep practices for registered nurses working in Vermont community birthing hospitals.
Methods: Current literature on safe infant sleep practices, adult learning principles and nursing education strategies were incorporated into the development of an evidence …