SNHP | Senior Nursing Poster Session (Virtual)
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Nursing
2nd Student Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
2nd Student Major
Nursing
Presentation Format
Poster Presentation - Murray State Access only
Abstract/Description
While pondering which topic to research we began to think of our vulnerable populations; these populations are defined by the National Library of Medicine as, “. . . patients who are racial or ethnic minorities, children, elderly, socioeconomically disadvantaged, underinsured, or those with certain medical conditions” (Waisel, 2013). As nurses it is our job to always be an advocate for our patients and I would go as far to say, not for only our patients but for all people. Part of being an advocate is being a voice for the voiceless which is why we were drawn towards the vulnerable population of children, more specifically infants.
When digging deeper into the problems that infants are facing today, SIDS was at the forefront. There are many efforts put in place to educate the public on the issue of SIDS and how to decrease the risk of it occurring, but with more research the continuity of this education waivers. As future nurses, infant lives are not something that we want to see waiver if there is something we can do about the issue; thus, our project was born.
For this Evidence-Based Research Project the topic we chose was improving the continuity of education delivered to parents pre-discharge regarding sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). This topic is prevalent in the lives of infants and their parents as it remains to be the leading cause of infant mortality. The incidence rate of SIDS has continued to decrease as the awareness of the issue and education has become more widespread, but the findings of our research shows that we, as health care providers (HCPs), still have room for improvement.
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Senior Nursing Poster Session
Pre-Discharge Safe Sleep Education for Parents of Newborns
While pondering which topic to research we began to think of our vulnerable populations; these populations are defined by the National Library of Medicine as, “. . . patients who are racial or ethnic minorities, children, elderly, socioeconomically disadvantaged, underinsured, or those with certain medical conditions” (Waisel, 2013). As nurses it is our job to always be an advocate for our patients and I would go as far to say, not for only our patients but for all people. Part of being an advocate is being a voice for the voiceless which is why we were drawn towards the vulnerable population of children, more specifically infants.
When digging deeper into the problems that infants are facing today, SIDS was at the forefront. There are many efforts put in place to educate the public on the issue of SIDS and how to decrease the risk of it occurring, but with more research the continuity of this education waivers. As future nurses, infant lives are not something that we want to see waiver if there is something we can do about the issue; thus, our project was born.
For this Evidence-Based Research Project the topic we chose was improving the continuity of education delivered to parents pre-discharge regarding sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). This topic is prevalent in the lives of infants and their parents as it remains to be the leading cause of infant mortality. The incidence rate of SIDS has continued to decrease as the awareness of the issue and education has become more widespread, but the findings of our research shows that we, as health care providers (HCPs), still have room for improvement.