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Upcoming important dates, next steps for the Human Milk NCCC Phase II Initiative...
(The HM NCCC initiative's weekly email newsletter comes out every Wednesday.)
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| Making a difference... |
| "I had my third child at CMC-Pineville and it was an amazing experience. The private rooms were so pretty and the staff were wonderful. And the staff gave me time with my new baby. I had an entire 30 minutes to myself, uninterrupted, no tests, with my baby laying on my chest. That meant so much to me to have that quiet time with my baby. Thank you for all that you do."
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Milk NCCC Phase II Learning Session 2 TOMORROW
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|  Where: Carolina Club / George Watts Hill Alumni Center, 150 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
When: Thursday, October 4, 2011 9:30 - 3:30
What: Up to three team members - all three primary team members (physician champion, nurse champion, senior hospital administrator) are encouraged to attend. Lunch and materials will be provided at no cost.
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March of Dimes - "Close to Me" (OFFER ENDS FRIDAY)
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|  The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina is partnering with the March of Dimes to provide Kangaroo Care education and support using the March of Dimes Close to Me program. The goals of the Close to Me Education and Assessment Partnership are to promote Kangaroo Care through parent and staff education and awareness materials and to collect data/feedback from the collaborative on the Close to Me components provided by the March of Dimes.
Member hospitals within the Collaborative that participate in the partnership will receive the following from the March of Dimes at no cost:
* Close to Me Parent Education PowerPoint Slide Set - a 30-minute education session for families in the NICU, to be led by a NICU staff member from the participating hospital.
* Close to Me Staff Education PowerPoint Slide Set - a 30-minute education session for NICU staff members, to be led by a NICU educator from the participating hospital.
* 100 Close to Me Awareness Fliers to be distributed to families in the NICU; fliers will raise awareness of the benefits of Kangaroo Care for baby and parent.
* 25 Ask Me About Kangaroo Care Awareness Pins for staff of participating hospitals who complete the staff education session; the pins to act as a visual reminder for parents to ask about Kangaroo Care.
* Close to Me training webinar led by a March of Dimes national staff member. The webinar will provide an overview of the two Education PowerPoint Slide Sets, how to promote the education sessions to families, how to encourage staff to empower families to Kangaroo Care, suggested activities for families and a time for questions and answers.
* Additional materials worth approximately $2000 which include items to help facilitate Kangaroo Care such as a Kangaroo Care chair, a standing mirror, hand held mirrors and a privacy screen.
* Membership in the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Network ($5,000 value), which provides staff access to a nationwide network of NICU Family Support sites. Information on family-centered care topics, including Kangaroo Care, is shared regularly among our 110 Network member hospitals.
Member hospitals within the Collaborative that participate in the partnership agree to:
* Provide the March of Dimes with pre-implementation and post Close to Me Program Implementation data in connection with the frequency of use of skin-to-skin holding in your NICU.
* Complete an assessment of the Close to Me Program/its components
* Provide an on-site contact
* Sign a letter agreeing to the terms of the agreement
Interested hospitals must contact Melissa Gehl at mgehl@marchofdimes.com prior to October 5th.
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| Cultural Transformation |
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For cultural transformation to occur there has to be a "call to adventure". Factors that serve as a catalyst for culture change can be grouped into 5 broad categories:
- Burning Platform/Significant Threat: factors might include: financial crisis, strength of competition, high turnover, mediocre patient satisfaction.
- External Restructuring: factors might include: mergers, acquisitions, system expansion
- New Facilities or Technology: factors might include: construction on new buildings that reflect patient needs and wants, implementing new EMR
- Passion to be Better/the Best: factors might include: opportunity for increased productivity and staff morale, improvement in safety standards or outcome measurements
- Visionary Leadership: factors might include: action-oriented risk takers, team builders skilled and experienced at creating and managing change.
When you attempt change what category most often motivates the change? Answering "the call to adventure" is an act of courage whether the motivation is driven by passion or desperation because once "the call" is answered; the journey is about to begin.
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| QI Tips |
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The Model for Improvement has 5 main principles of improvement
- Knowing why you need to improve. This can be viewed as the aim or purpose of the improvement effort
- Having a way to get feedback to let you know if improvement is happening
- Developing a change that you think will result in improvement
- Testing a change before any attempts to implement
- Implementing a change
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| Breastfeeding in popular culture... |
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 | | Luvs - Breastfeeding |
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Contact
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Tammy Haithcox
PQCNC Clinical Initiative Manager
Tammy.Haithcox@pqcnc.org
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