Premature and Medically Complex Neonates: Applying Critical Thinking to Support Long-term Outcomes - Live Webinar - Two Sessions (Oct 18 - 19, 2024)
Premature and Medically Complex Neonates: Applying Critical Thinking to Support Long-term Outcomes - Live Webinar - Two Sessions is organized by Education Resources, Inc. (ERI) and will be held from Oct 18 - 19, 2024.
Course Description:
This dynamic and collaborative advanced NICU therapy course will enable clinicians to apply strategies to support infants with extreme prematurity, complex neurological diagnoses, and in utero substance exposure using advanced problem-solving techniques. Modification of developmental and family-integrated practices to meet the needs of medically-complex infants will be discussed. Therapists will learn specific neuroprotective and neuropromotive strategies to support small babies in the NICU. Methods will be provided to support infants beyond the NICU through identification of follow up concerns, options for long-term support, and family integration to promote parent advocacy. Additionally, tools will be provided to support an expanded role of therapy in the NICU by establishing the benefits of strong developmental perspective, focus on long-term outcomes, increased role of therapists from admission through discharge, and team collaboration. Finally, clinicians will be able to identify and implement quality improvement techniques to better assist neonates and define and improve therapeutic outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
• Utilize three strategies to support infants with extreme prematurity, complex neurological diagnoses, and in utero substance exposure using advanced problem-solving techniques.
• Apply at least two neuroprotective and neuropromotive strategies to support complex patients in the NICU.
• Determine a novel method to support infants beyond the NICU through identification of follow-up concerns, options for long-term support, and family integration to promote parent advocacy.
• Recommend a way to increase therapists’ presence or therapeutic practices in the NICU, using the cases provided.
• Determine a quality improvement technique to better assist neonates and therapeutic outcomes.