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Journal of Current Pediatric Research | Volume: 22
Joint Event
August 16-17, 2018 | Paris, France
Primary Healthcare
12th International Conference on International Conference and Medicare Expo on
&
Pediatrics Health Care
Katie Reginato Cascamo
Courageous Steps, USA
Examining the role of a servant-leadership paradigmwithin existing NICU initiatives
Parents who have had a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit (NICU) are at higher risk for anxiety, post-traumatic
stress disorder and depression when compared with parents of
healthy full-term babies (39% to 63%). Studies show families
who receive emotional support, parent empowerment, a
welcoming neonatal environment, and parent education with
an opportunity to practice through guided participation are
better equipped to care for a medically fragile infant following
NICU hospitalization. The initiatives of Family Centered Care
and Trauma-Informed Care when coupled, invite cultural
transformation of practitioners to improve the developmental
outcomes of neonates, improve the emotional well-being
of NICU parents, and decrease the burnout of neonatal
practitioners.Servant-Leadership, when applied to the NICU,
is a paradigm of transformational leadership that seeks to
improve the developmental outcomes of neonates through the
alignment and integration of ten key characteristics modeled by
practitioners within existing organizational initiatives. Servant-
Leadership strives to help practitioners develop skills that
include: Listening, Empathy, Healing, Awareness, Persuasion,
Conceptualization, Foresight, Stewardship, Commitment to the
Growthof People andBuilding Community. The Interdisciplinary
Recommendations for the Psychosocial Support for NICU
Parents model characteristics of Servant-Leadership through
the inclusion of a multidisciplinary workgroup that includes
29 professional and parent groups. By introducing 10
Characteristics of Servant-Leadership a shared language of
cultural transformation will emerge within existing initiatives to
support the individual and collective growth of interdisciplinary
professionals.
Speaker Biography
Katie Reginato Cascamo is the mother of a premature son born at 30-weeks’
gestation at 2lbs, 8oz (1131 grams). Her NICU experience and subsequent pediatric
challenges with her son Giovanni’s developmental delays led her to found the
company Courageous Steps. Courageous Steps provides leadership tools to health
organizations that manage the care of babies born premature and children with
pediatric disabilities. By focusing on employee training and analyzing the business
management of these organizations, she strives to increase provider wellness,
as well as decrease neonatal and pediatric provider burnout. An accomplished
entrepreneur, she has modeled a Servant Leadership approach across her career by
empowering people with the skills necessary to manage adversity. Katie believes in
investing and guiding people, serving as both a motivational speaker and volunteer
with organizations that support NICU and Pediatric families. She holds a Master
of Arts in Organizational Leadership with a Concentration in Servant-Leadership
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Katie Reginato Cascamo, Pediatrics & Primary HealthCare 2018, Volume 22
DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C1-001