McMaster NICU – Our Culture Shift to Infant Driven and Developmentally Supportive Care

2 How Did We Start? Creation of a multidisciplinary team supported our the management team Literature search Goal setting –What is our focus? –What do we want to change? –Manageable goals and sustainability –Review of literature search related to our goals

How Did We Educate? Utilization of our developmental care team Focus, Focus, FOCUS Development of KEY phrases Attention to resources Education days – adult learning!! –Lecture materials –Interactive teaching (games, hands on, competitions) –Simulation based learning

How Are We Sustaining? Developmental care team, communication leaders Chart audits Developmental care bulletin board NICU INTouch publication New staff orientation Parent education and bedside tools s and updates Kangaroo-A-Thon Support lectures Celebrating successes ONGOING ASSESSMENT of our strategies