Mental Health for Black Mothers: The True Cost
Closing disparity gaps is crucial to reducing the need for women to be resilient. Equally important is approaching mothers with compassionate and holistic care, avoiding pathologizing every complaint, to truly end disparities.
Developmental Considerations for the Neonate: In the Hospital and Preparing for Home
Empowering parents during the NICU stay is vital for fostering active parenting roles and establishing routines.
Supportive Interventions to Initiate Breastfeeding for Pre-Eclamptic Parents
By understanding the impact of magnesium and implementing supportive strategies, healthcare providers can help mothers navigate this journey with confidence.
Cultural Considerations for African American Mothers in the Maternal Setting
Several factors contribute to the racial and socioeconomic disparities in maternal health for Black women, including lack of access to quality healthcare, delayed diagnoses, and inadequate provider response to warning signs.
Embracing Diversity: Exploring Parenthood Options for Transgender Individuals
Despite misunderstandings, the aspiration of all parents is to have a healthy baby and be a loving parent, regardless of gender identity.
Increasing Breastfeeding Rates in the NICU via Utilization of the Neonatal Transport Team
Neonatal transport and transfer to a higher-level NICU often separate the mother from her infant during the immediate postpartum period, overlapping with the highest colostrum production time.
LGBTQ+ Parents of Hospitalized Children: Three Tips for an Inclusive Experience
The LGBTQ+ community still faces healthcare discrimination daily. It is our duty as healthcare providers to deliver culturally sensitive care to all individuals and families, regardless of their identity.
Do You Want To Build A Milk Lab?
When ensuring appropriate compliance policy and protocols, seek out the knowledge from your Quality and Regulatory leaders.
Design In Health Care Software
Many believe the purpose of design is to create something beautiful, but we see it as enhancing usability.
IHI Patient Congress Takeaways
Keriton was founded on the premise of safety by eliminating feeding errors, while also focusing on improving quality outcomes by increasing human milk exposure for vulnerable children.
Seeing Through A Nurse’s Eyes
She said. “You finally let me see my son as a baby. For the first time, I feel like a mother.”
No Such Thing As Safety Without Nurses
We can't talk about patient safety without discussing healthcare work environments and staff retention.
Working with Today Is A Good Day
A Good Day provides families with tangible and meaningful items as they begin their NICU journey.
Human Milk Analyzers Are Having A Moment: Part 1
In hospitals, analyzed milk data can surface for the lactation team, nutrition team, and even bedside nurses alongside feeding management information in Keriton.
Strategies for Supporting Pumping Moms
NICU moms are often exhausted, in pain from delivery, and coping with separation from their child; getting them to use a machine on their breasts every 2-3 hours is a big ask.
Optimizing Nourishment in the NICU
The Keriton platform supports patient-centered care by providing analytics for lactation specialists to help mothers maximize their milk supply, information and resources for technicians and nutritionists to optimize milk and formula inventories, and secure data for nurses to ensure the right babies receive the right nourishment at all times.
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NICU Stories from Moms at Abington-Jefferson Hospital
