Individualised Developmental Patient and Family Integrated Care in the NICU and Beyond
The Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment program
Advances in perinatal and newborn intensive care have greatly decreased the mortality rates for preterm newborns and newborns otherwise at high risk for developmental compromise. The challenge confronting healthcare professionals, who care for these infants and their families, is not only to assure the infants’ survival, but to optimize their developmental course and outcome.
Effective developmental care implementation on a nursery-wide basis is the goal of all training and consultation provided in the NIDCAP framework. A key focus of theNIDCAP program is the educational and consultative support and assistance to NICU and special care nurserysettings towards effective delivery of intensive and special care in a neurodevelopmentally supportive, individualized, and family-centered framework.
Based on extensive experience, moving towards successful delivery of newborn intensive care in a developmental framework is typically a multi-year process. It involves a dedicated team working towards the common goal of providing the best in developmental care for the infants in their units and for their families.
Training is currently available from nineteen NIDCAP training centers, nine in the United States, nine in Europe, and one in South America.
Conference: MELBOURNE - Pullman & Mercure Albert Park: 65 Queens Road Melbourne VIC 3004