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2018 TNA-TSNA JOINT CONFERENCE | ADVOCACY IN ACTION Childhood Vaccinations: A Necessary Practice Brie LaJeret (Presenter) Problem Addressed: Vaccinations represent one of the greatest successes of modern science. Childhood vaccinations have allowed for the eradication of several infectious diseases including polio, measles, mumps, and diphtheria. However, since the late 1990’s when a small, erroneous research study was published suggesting a link between Autism and vaccines, the vaccination rate has declined. Although numerous research studies have since debunked the correlation between Autism and immunizations, parents continue to question the safety of immunizations. Nurses possess a unique position in which they could influence positive change in this significant patient and community issue. An effective education plan has the potential to completely change the view of vaccination. Objectives: To demonstrate that an education plan initiated during the prenatal period can effectively increase the childhood vaccination rate. To educate nurses on their role in the patient education process/plan To raise awareness to the importance of vaccinations Methods/Procedures: N/A Findings: N/A Recommendations for Practice/Research: To begin vaccination education during prenatal checkups and continue education throughout the prenatal & postnatal periods and into the first year of life. Complementary Therapies: A Hungarian Approach Brie LaJeret (Presenter) Problem Addressed: As the opiate addiction continues to rise and cripple communities, new ways to treat pain and addiction need to be developed/adopted. Unfortunately, some of the pitfalls of available complementary therapies are cost and availability. Fortunately, the American healthcare system can look to the international healthcare community for possible solutions. For example, Hungary offers many complementary therapies for the treatment of its citizens. These complementary therapies can be prescribed by a healthcare professional and the cost is covered by the national healthcare plan. Some of the available and most widely used therapies include: balneo-therapy and thermal baths, massage, electrotherapy and yoga. Objectives: • To educate nurses on complementary therapies • To demonstrate the effectiveness of complementary therapies as used by the international community, specifically Hungary. • To widen the nursing knowledge base by introducing Hungarian therapies Methods/Procedures: N/A 68
2018 TNA-TSNA JOINT CONFERENCE | ADVOCACY IN ACTION Findings: N/A Recommendations for Practice/Research: N/A Co-Sleeping Contention: How Are Families Really Sleeping? Michelle Collins (Presenter) Problem Addressed: In the recent past, there has been an intentional movement on the part of some maternal-child health stakeholders, to aggressively “warn” parents as to the “dangers” of co-sleeping. Despite sound evidence to prove the benefits of, and lack of harm, when practiced in the absence of all known hazards especially by breastfeeding mothers, and with likely over 2 million USA mothers at least intermittently bedsharing with their infants, the US government NICHD has launched a nationwide educational campaign to inform the public as to the inherent “danger” of co-sleeping. This session will discuss the current climate of support (and lack thereof) for co-sleeping (in various forms) between infants and their parents. The biologic imperatives that underlie the practice and which support the co-sleeping relationship will be presented, as well as diverse lines evidence that justifies and legitimizes co-sleeping. Finally, directives on how to best counsel clients amidst a sea of conflicting information on the topic will be presented. Objectives: Objective 1* Participants will be able to describe the biologic imperatives which underscore the maternalinfant co-sleeping relationship. Objective 2* Participants will be able to describe the current climate of opinion not only in the US, but outside the US as well, of the co-sleeping relationship. Objective 3* Participants will be able to detail strategies for counseling clients regarding co-sleeping, in an environment of mixed messaging. Methods/Procedures: N/A Findings: Research findings will be presented that question the Back to Sleep campaign outcomes. Recommendations for Practice/Research: Given the sound research statistics that the majority of families co-sleep at any given time with their children, this presentation will discuss strategies to be discussed with families. As opposed to the current strategy of “just say no” health care providers must consider options to the traditional “scare tactics” currently in use to be able to educate parents on safe co-sleeping. Cultivating Shared Governance in an Outpatient Mental Health Setting Teris Webb (Presenter) Problem Addressed: Successful shared governance implementation challenges the status quo and depends on leadership cultivating collaborative and autonomous environment. Shared Governance requires the participation of leadership who exhibits a professional identity that reflects a responsible, empowered and equitable role and an understanding of the professional identity of clinical staff, which is often lacking from a culture of status quo. 69
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