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Journal of Current Pediatric Research | Volume: 23
March 14-15, 2019 | London, UK
International Conference on
Pediatrics & Neonatal Healthcare
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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.
e:
mmartin@mcleodhealth.orgMarylouise 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