PQCNC HM Well Baby Phase II - October 10, 2012

Upcoming important dates, next steps for the Human Milk Well Baby Phase II Initiative...

(The HM Well Baby initiative's weekly email newsletter comes out every Wednesday.)

October 10, 2012

Milk Well Baby Phase II Learning Session 2 Registration open...

Where: Carolina Club / George Watts Hill Alumni Center, 150 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

When: Tuesday, October 30, 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.

Click here to register

"Ring of Knowledge" for upcoming Learning Session...

For the upcoming learning sessions in October I would like to ask each hospital to bring at least two documents you have either developed for this initiative or have changed due to this initiative i.e. policies you have written or changed, parent education sheets etc. Please bring enough copies to share with the other hospitals in the initiative, tools for everyone's toolbox...

Culture: "The Call to Adventure" Leadership's Role

The "call to adventure" that precedes cultural transformation is always a leadership opportunity. Every day, leaders are given opportunities to raise questions, seek out and resolve conflict, speak to a higher purpose and make a difference in the lives of the people that surround them. In a world characterized by uncertainty and vulnerability, leadership can be risky.

"To lead is to live dangerously because when leadership counts, when you lead people through difficult change, you challenge what people hold dear... habits, tools, loyalties, ways of thinking-with nothing more to offer perhaps than a possibility."

Are you willing to "live dangerously'?

Kimball, (2005)

QI Tips: Skills to support Improvement

Six skills to support improvements:

1) Supporting change with data: What is meant by the term data? How can we use data to guide actions for improvement?

2) Developing a change: Where do ideas for change come from? What should we consider when trying to develop change aimed at a long-term positive impact?

3) Testing a change: Why should we test a change? Can we increase the possibility a change will result in improvement?

4) Implementing a change: What is the difference between implementing a change and testing a change? What can we do to sustain the positive impact of a change?

5) Spreading improvements: How can we get wider impact from successful change? How do we attract others to make the change?

6) The human side of change: How will the change affect people? How do we obtain the cooperation necessary to make and sustain improvements?

Langley, Gerald J.; Moen, Ronald D.; Nolan, Kevin M.; Nolan, Thomas W.; Norman, Clifford L.; Provost, Lloyd P. (2009-06- 03). The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance (JOSSEY-BASS BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SERIES)

In the literature...

Early Skin-to-Skin Contact and Breast-Feeding Behavior in Term Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Aim: To evaluate if early skin-to-skin contact (SSC) improves breast-feeding (BF) and exclusive BF (EBF) rates in term infants at 48h of age.

Results: EBF rates at 48 h and at 6 weeks were significantly higher in the early-SCC group than in the control group.
Interpretation: Early SSC did not improve BF behavior at discharge but significantly improved the EBF rates in term neonates.

Contact

Tammy Haithcox

PQCNC Clinical Initiative Manager

Tammy.Haithcox@pqcnc.org