Collaboration to Improve Neuroprotection and Neuropromotion in the NICU: Team Education and Family Engagement

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The number of babies born extremely low birth weight surviving to be discharged home after experiencing the NICU continues to improve. Unfortunately, early sensory development for these babies occurs in an environment vastly different from the intended in-utero environment and places them at high risk of long-term neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive challenges. Our goal in the NICU must transition from simply discharge home to supporting the neurosensory development necessary for a thriving lifetime. To accomplish a goal of thriving families and thriving babies, it is clear the NICU interprofessional team must share an understanding of neurosensory development, the neuroprotective strategies safeguarding development, the neuropromotive strategies supporting intended maturational development, and the essential nature of family integration in these processes. We share the educational endeavors of 11 center collaboratives in establishing the foundational knowledge necessary to support preterm babies and their families.

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Knudsen, K., McGill, G., Ann Waitzman, K., Powell, J., Carlson, M., Shaffer, G., & Morris, M. (2021). Collaboration to Improve Neuroprotection and Neuropromotion in the NICU: Team Education and Family Engagement. Neonatal Network, 40(4), 212–223. https://doi.org/10.1891/11-T-680

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