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NFI in the News
Contemporary Forums and the NFI collaborate to present the Developmental Interventions in Neonatal Care Conference to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 13-16, 2011.
The NIDCAP Federation International and Contemporary Forums have joined together this year to collaborate on the 27th annual "Developmental Interventions in Neonatal Care" conference, which is an outstanding program, bringing together national experts, including a number of NIDCAP trainers to discuss strategies for providing individualized, developmentally supportive and family-centered care for fragile infants.
Evidence continues to grow that the cascade of ongoing stimuli in the NICU significantly affects the neuromotor and neurosensory development of high-risk infants. It is incumbent on the NICU team to recognize the brain’s vulnerability at this important time and institute caregiving practices which support resilience and improve developmental outcomes. The specialized faculty from the fields of medicine, nursing, psychology, physical therapy, education and rehabilitative medicine will help you translate the research in this field to practical strategies for supporting the fragile infant’s developmental and behavioral needs.
Join your colleagues for an educational experience that will help you focus on what is critical for improving outcomes for the fragile infant – individualized developmentally-supportive, family-centered care.
Join the NFI now and qualify for the $30 discount on the Main Conference tuition.
Developmental Interventions in Neonatal Care - Conference Brochure
To register please visit www.contemporaryforums.com
Second NICU Achieves NFI
NIDCAP Nursery Certification
The Newborn Intensive Care Nursery of The Children's
Regional Hospital at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey is the
second Nursery to have achieved NIDCAP Nursery Certification. The week long
celebration began on July 28, 2009 with an award ceremony attended by Heidelise
Als, PhD, NFI President, who presented the NIDCAP Nursery Certification Award.
The award was accepted on behalf of the Newborn Intensive
Care Unit by Joanne Fox, RNC, BSN and gretchen Lawhon, RN, PhD, Clinical Nurse
Scientist and Director of the Mid-Atlantic NIDCAP Center. Hospital
administration, NICU staff as well as many families of current and former
patients of the NICU were in attendance at the celebration. Several events and
activities were held throughout the week to celebrate the achievement.
The award recognizes and bears testimony to the excellence
of the NICU at The Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper University Hospital
and its commitment to and integration of the principles of the Newborn
Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) for infants
and their families, the nursery's professional staff and the community of
Camden, New Jersey.
Heidelise Als, PhD,
President of the NFI, receives the Stan
and Mavis Graven Award
Heidelise Als, PhD, President of the NFI, receives the Stan and Mavis Graven
Award
for "Leadership in Enhancing Physical and Developmental Environments for High
Risk Infants and Their Families," February 2008. For complete news article see
the Developmental Observer, Volume 2, No.1.
Mavis and Stanley Graven
present award to Heidelise Als
NIDCAP Nursery
Certification awarded to NICU at St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Boise, Idaho
The
Newborn Intensive Care Nursery at St. Luke's Children's Hospital in Boise, Idaho
is the first Nursery to have earned the NFI certification as NIDCAP Nursery. The
certification ceremony took place on December 9, 2008. Heidelise Als, PhD, NFI
President, presented the inaugural NIDCAP Nursery Certification Award to Karen
Smith, BSN, MEd, NIDCAP Professional and NIDCAP Trainer at the St. Luke's NIDCAP
Training Center. The award recognizes and bears testimony to the excellence of
the NICU at St. Luke's and its commitment to and integration of the principles
of the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)
for infants and their families, and for the nursery's professionals and its
staff.
Karen Smith accepts NIDCAP
Nursery Certification award for the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at St. Luke's
Children's Hospital
NIDCAP in the News
WakeMed and WellStar Provide
Individual Developmental Baby Care
All Eyes on Baby
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Adopts NIDCAP Philosophy
NICU Tool Involves Parents in Preemie
Assessments
Parent Participation in Houston NICU
Produces Promising Results
Individual Developmental Care
Protocol Benefits Newborns
NIDCAP Related News
November 17, 2009 marks the
1st International Prematurity Awareness Day
Please visit the website of the European Foundation for
the Care of Newborn Infants at www.efcni.org for more information.