by Elizabeth Jeanson PT DPT; Sheri Fischer, MSN RN CBC; Andrea Bunn DNP RN; David Munson, MD; Jessica Schnyders BSN RN; Nate Harris BSN RN
Sanford USD Medical Center & Clinics
Sanford Improvement Academy selected The Zaky ZAK to implement Kangaroo Care in the NICU.
The goal of this project was to, by September 2019:
- Increase parental confidence by 40%
- Increase duration of skin to skin contact holding by 40%
- Increase frequency of skin to skin contact holding by 20%
Here are the results:
- Parental confidence increased by 62% on the PPCI
- Duration of STS holding increased by 62%
- Frequency of STS holding increased by 26%
