Maternal Sleepiness and Risk of Infant Drops in the Postpartum Period.

Background: An increase in infant drops on a postpartum unit prompted a quality improvement project to examine causes and formulate risk reduction strategies. Review of health records revealed that infant drops occurred more frequently when mothers fell asleep holding infants.

Methods: A prospective descriptive study was conducted with a convenience sample of 101 postpartum mother-infant dyads.

Interdisciplinary Skills Review Program to Improve Team Responses During Postpartum Hemorrhage.

Objective: To develop an interdisciplinary, interactive, skills review program to improve team responses during a postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).

Design: Online didactic modules in combination with an interdisciplinary skills program consisting of seven hemorrhage-related stations.

Setting/local Problem: The project was conducted in the Women's Health Department in a quaternary-care Magnet- and Baby Friendly-designated academic medical center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The analgesic properties of intraoral sucrose: an integrative review.

The treatment of pain is an essential component of the clinical and ethical care of infants. Despite evidence-based practice consensus statements recommending that infants receive analgesia during minor painful procedures, numerous studies have shown that procedural pain remains poorly managed in this population. Oral sucrose administration has been associated with calming effects and reductions in observed pain behaviors with preterm and term infants aged up to 1 year.