Video Gallery : Advances in Neonatal Care

What is the Evidence of the Side-Lying Position for Feeding Preterm Infants?

Creator: Steven Constantine
Assistant Director, Marketing & Communication in the School of Nursing at Boston College

Duration: 2:05

This video provides a brief overview of the recent manuscript entitled “Systematic Review: What is the evidence of the side-lying position for feeding preterm infants?”. This review summarize and evaluate the currently available literature on the effects of the side-lying position on oral feeding outcomes in preterm infants.

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Introduction to the Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool (NeoEAT ) – Bottle feeding

Creator: Steven Constantine

Duration: 1:51

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Introduction to the manuscript describing the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool (NeoEAT)– Bottle Feeding, a 64-item parent-report measure of bottle feeding behavior in infants less than 7 months old. Clinical and research uses of the NeoEAT – Bottle feeding are described as well as next steps for development and testing.

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Brief Overview of "Mesenteric Oxygenation Changes Associated with Necrotizing Enterocolitis after Multiple Blood Transfusions: A Case Report”

Creator: Terri Marin, PhD, NNP-BC, FAANP

Duration: 3:40

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This video abstract provides an overview of our case report which describes events surround an extremely low birthweight infant who developed pneumoperitoneum after receiving two full-volume red blood cell transfusions. Specifically, we outline the raw mesenteric oxygenation patterns measured by near-infrared spectroscopy technology, and how these values provided physiologic information of intestinal hypoperfusion that routine physiologic data did not capture.

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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Scoring Consistency and Accuracy of the Finnegan Tool

Creator: Elisabeth Bloch-Salisbury and Cheryl Killoran

Duration: 7:22

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Overview of a quality improvement project conducted at UMass Memorial, Worcester MA, to simplify the Finnegan scoring tool for neonatal nurses charged with assessing withdrawal in newborn infants exposed to opioids during pregnancy. Training program that incorporated education, a restructured Finnegan Scoring Tool and a Bedside Guidance Tool resulted in improved consistency of withdrawal scores among 179 neonatal nurses. Despite improvement, more objective and simplified scoring tools are still warranted.

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Introduction of the Surgical Special Series

Creator: Tamara M. Meeker

Duration: 1:59

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This video introduces Guest Editor, Tamara Meeker, CRNP, highlighting the Special Surgical Series for Advances in Neonatal Care. This special series concentrates on surgical diagnoses and surgical procedures affecting the neonate while in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The articles include esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula, congenital infantile fibrosarcoma, risk of abdominal compartment syndrome in the neonate, VP shunt for intraventricular hemorrhage, and telemedicine for the complex surgical patient. Each article includes pathophysiology and the need for astute assessment in preventing further morbidity or mortality as well as nursing’s role in caring for these critical neonates.

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Communication with Parents of Babies Impacted by Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Creator: Jennifer Canvasser, MSW
NEC Society

Duration: 2:21

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Jennifer Canvasser, founder and director of the NEC Society, discusses the critical importance of communication with parents of babies impacted by necrotizing enterocolitis. Jennifer’s son Micah died of complications related to necrotizing enterocolitis a month before his first birthday. The patient-family advocates within the NEC Society have emphasized that they were desperate for more information during their child’s hospitalization. Parents want to be part of their child’s care team, but they are reliant upon the providers to inform, engage and empower them to take on this active role.

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Discharge Criteria for the Late Preterm Infant: A Review of the Literature

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Duration: 2:40

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Video abstract for “Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Delayed Vaccinations in Preterm Infants”

Creator: Alain Cuna and Lindy Winter

Duration: 2:44

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Video abstract for the article “Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Delayed Vaccinations in Preterm Infants” in Advances in Neonatal Care, Volume 17, Issue 4.

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Designing a Video Abstract

Creator: Jacqueline McGrath

Duration: 2:05

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This video provides an example for creating a video abstract with an i-phone in a quiet environment without an external microphone. Video abstracts should be designed to be inviting, engaging and informative.

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