Samantha C Butler, Valerie Rofeberg, Melissa Smith-Parrish, Meena LaRonde, Dorothy J Vittner, Sarah Goldberg, Valerie Bailey, Malika M Weeks, Sarah McCowan, Katrina Severtson, Kerri Glowick, Christine M Rachwal
INTRODUCTION: Infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at high risk for developmental differences which can be explained by the cumulative effect of medical complications along with sequelae related to the hospital and environmental challenges. The intervention of individualized developmental care (IDC) minimizes the mismatch between the fragile newborn brain's expectations and the experiences of stress and pain inherent in the intensive care unit (ICU) environment. METHODS: A multidisciplinary group of experts was assembled to implement quality improvement (QI) to increase the amount of IDC provided, using the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP), to newborn infants in the cardiac ICU...
2024: Frontiers in Pediatrics