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Journal of Current Pediatric Research | Volume: 23

March 14-15, 2019 | London, UK

International Conference on

Pediatrics & Neonatal Healthcare

sychosocial needs along the perinatal continuum have been

well-documentedinthescientificliterature.However,specific

guidelines for how to allocate limited psychosocial resources

have been limited to date. Recent publication of the NPA’s

recommendations for psychosocial support of NICU parents

is a step toward a more thoughtful, evidence-based approach

to addressing this need. Although these recommendations

focus on aspects of the NICU, they have broader applicability

across the perinatal continuum. This presentation will provide

information on the recent NPA recommendations. Within these

recommendations are strategies for support of the NICU family

and the professionals who care for them. A case example of

application of the recommendations in a resource constrained

NICU will be offered along with discussion of methods for

implementing and sustaining positive change. Participants will

be provided information/tools to facilitate application of these

recommendations to a variety of perinatal settings in acute/

primary care.

Speaker Biography

Marylouise Martin has been a staff nurses, Head Nurse (Director), Neonatal Nurse

Clinician (Practitioner) in NICUs for over 45 years. She is a co-developer of the National

Perinatal Association (NPA) Guidelines for Psychosocial Support of NICU Families and

co-author of the articles published December 2015 in the Journal of Perinatology on

the Psychosocial Support Guidelines. She presented these guidelines at Marce Perinatal

Mental Health International Conference September 2016 Melbourne Australia,

AWHONN (2017), Academy of Neonatal Nurses Advanced Practice Conference, April

2017, ANN Neonatal Intensive Care Conference Sept 2017 and National Association of

Neonatal Nurses Conference Oct 2017, PLIDA conference Oct 2018. Currently NICUs in

13 countries have implemented the tools which her facility has developed.

Marylouise Martin

McLeod Regional Medical Center, USA

Getting from here to there: Translation of the National Perinatal Association

interdisciplinary recommendations for Psychosocial support of NICU parents and staff

into clinical practice

Notes:

Marylouise Martin, Curr Pediatr Res, Volume 23

DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C1-010