SNHP | Senior Nursing Poster Session (Virtual)
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Nursing
Minor
NA
2nd Student Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
2nd Student Major
Nursing
2nd Student Minor
NA
List all Project Mentors & Advisor(s)
Mrs. Neely Chandler
Presentation Format
Poster Presentation
Abstract/Description
Swaddle bathing is a technique that entails bathing an infant while they are comforted in a swaddle. This technique is rarely seen in everyday hospital practice, even though there is ample evidence of its benefits and advantages. Our project aimed to combine research proving the effectiveness of swaddle bathing through scoring methods that consider pain, vital signs, temperature, crying duration, and more. The research is combined to support the impact that swaddle bathing can have on not only infants but parents as well. Parents implementing the swaddle bath enjoy improved confidence and attachment, along with decreased stress. The evidence was then presented to a local hospital Labor and Delivery unit which currently bathes using the sponge bath method. Our presentation included our theoretical framework, Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory (1992), which helped guide the goal of the project: improving comfort and maintaining homeostasis in the infant.
Fall Scholars Week 2024 Event
Other (Please write in)
Other Scholars Week Event
NUR 412 Leadership and Management in Nursing Evidence Based Practice Project
Included in
Maternal, Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Commons, Medical Education Commons, Medical Sciences Commons, Nursing Midwifery Commons, Pediatric Nursing Commons
Benefits to Swaddle Bathing
Swaddle bathing is a technique that entails bathing an infant while they are comforted in a swaddle. This technique is rarely seen in everyday hospital practice, even though there is ample evidence of its benefits and advantages. Our project aimed to combine research proving the effectiveness of swaddle bathing through scoring methods that consider pain, vital signs, temperature, crying duration, and more. The research is combined to support the impact that swaddle bathing can have on not only infants but parents as well. Parents implementing the swaddle bath enjoy improved confidence and attachment, along with decreased stress. The evidence was then presented to a local hospital Labor and Delivery unit which currently bathes using the sponge bath method. Our presentation included our theoretical framework, Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory (1992), which helped guide the goal of the project: improving comfort and maintaining homeostasis in the infant.