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Left to Right: Mercy nurses Kim Fishpaw-Hart, R.N., Ann Johnson, R.N., and Terry Furst, R.N., treat Peggy Chagnon, R.N., who played the role of a newborn during the Preemie For A Day conference.

Mercy Hosts "Preemie For A Day" Interactive Workshop For Nurses And Occupational Therapists

On June 28-29, Mercy Medical Center hosted a “PREEMIE FOR A DAY” interactive workshop in the Truman Semans Room of Mercy’s Weinberg Center in downtown Baltimore.

Led by a team of clinically active professionals with a variety of NICU backgrounds, this interactive, multisensory training allowed participants to experience an infant’s journey, from birth through admission, and the opportunity to practice developmentally supportive care throughout their stay. Participants not only learned and discussed ways to improve the care and outcomes for their tiniest patients, but also actually experienced the reasons for approaching care in a developmentally supportive manner.

Participants had the chance to experience:

How to use positioning and handling techniques to promote flexion and self soothing
How to foster developmentally supportive care during admissions
How to introduce feeding strategies that will promote successful feedings
How to facilitate family and professional collaboration in the NICU

Nurses received 4.2 contact hours; Occupational Therapists, 3.5 contact hours

Philips Children’s Medical Ventures supplied the CEUs.

Mercy occupational therapist, Lynn Funk, is all warm and snuggly as Peggy Chagnon, R.N, left, and Terry Furst, R.N. listen intently during the hands-on portion of the program at Mercy.

Mercy occupational therapist and newborn patient, Lynn Funk, share a laughs with Mercy nurses Peggy Chagnon, R.N, left, and Terry Furst, R.N., during the Preemie For A Day program.