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<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> & <strong>Midwifery</strong>, <strong>Trinity</strong> College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research <strong>Conference</strong><br />

Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007<br />

<strong>Conference</strong> <strong>Proceedings</strong><br />

Back to contents page<br />

Hop into Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care:<br />

Kangaroo Care in the Healthy Newborn<br />

Concurrent Paper Presenter:<br />

Jane M. Lamp, MS, RN-BC, Clinical Nurse Specialist<br />

Riverside Methodist Hospital, Women’s Health Services<br />

3535 Olentangy River Road<br />

Columbus, Ohio 43214-3925 USA<br />

Phone: 614-566-3991<br />

Fax: 614-566-6702<br />

Email: jlamp@ohiohealth.com<br />

Co-author:<br />

Inga M. Zadvinskis, MSN, APRN, BC<br />

Riverside Methodist Hospital, <strong>Nursing</strong> Research and Excellence<br />

3535 Olentangy River Road, Suite 205 NMB<br />

Columbus, Ohio 43214-3925 USA<br />

Phone: 614-566-3955<br />

Email: izadvins@ohiohealth.com<br />

Aim <strong>of</strong> the review:<br />

The purpose <strong>of</strong> this project is to depict a collaborative effort among<br />

staff nurses and clinical leaders to perform a systematic review <strong>of</strong><br />

the literature and subsequently implement Skin-to-Skin Mother-<br />

Baby Care (also known as Kangaroo Care), with healthy motherinfant<br />

dyads.<br />

Search and Review methodology:<br />

An Evidence-Based Practice team was formed <strong>of</strong> key stakeholders.<br />

The team followed the “Iowa Model <strong>of</strong> Evidence-Based Practice to<br />

Promote Quality Care” developed by Marita Titler et al. in 2001.<br />

This model provided the structure for moving from a clinical<br />

question to changing nursing practice. A systematic literature<br />

review and analysis ensued.<br />

Staff nurses designed the following clinical question: Is Kangaroo<br />

Care a safe and effective alternative to the overhead warmer for<br />

healthy newborn infants?<br />

Analysis:<br />

The group was fortunate to find thirty plus years <strong>of</strong> abundant<br />

research and over 400 articles which supported Kangaroo Care<br />

(KC). The body <strong>of</strong> evidence was <strong>of</strong> Meta-analyses and Randomized<br />

Controlled Trials. <strong>Nursing</strong> research journal club sessions were<br />

<strong>of</strong>fered to critique the Kangaroo Care Cochrane review. Team<br />

members collaborated with leading experts in KC with questions<br />

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