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PQCNC Human Milk in the Newborn Critical Care Center Learning Session One
January 8, 2011

Wintry weather prevented 2 teams from participating in the learning session and made several travel teams smaller than planned; however, wintry weather did not dampen the enthusiasm and lively exchange among assembled teams in Winston Salem on January 13. Laurie Dunn, MD, and Polly Sisk, PhD, led important discussions about the science behind the action plan and the teams began planning the tests of change for the coming weeks.  The agenda and presentations follow...

 

 

 

Introduction by Lauri Dunn, MD
PQCNC HM NCCC LS 1 Introduction

 

Focus area #1: Establishing Milk Supply by Polly Sisk, PhD

PQCNC Human Milk NCCC Track LS 1 Establishing Milk Supply

 

Focus area #2: Crucial Conversations by Polly Sisk, PhD

PQCNC Human Milk NCCC Track LS 1 Crucial Conversations

 

Focus area #3: Feeding Protocols by Lauri Dunn, MD

PQCNC Human Milk NCCC Track LS 1 Feeding Protocols

Human Milk Initiative - NCCC Track November Update
November 30, 2010

Teams are currently collecting information about their culture and habits which are known to support the mother of a VLBW infant to provide milk for her newborn. They collected this information for every VLBW admission in the last two months and will soon be entering the data into a web based data collection program.  Teams have also registered for the learning session to be held in Winston Salem in January 2011.

Human Milk - NCCC Track Learning Session One: Winston-Salem, NC
November 17, 2010

Where:  Forsyth Medical Center Conference Center, 3333 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

When: Thursday, January 13, 2010 9:00 - 3:30

What:  The travel team is comprised of 3-6 individuals willing to begin the design for your unit to increase the number of VLBW infants who receive mother's milk for the first 28 days of life. Evidence will be presented to support the drivers in the action plan in addition to how the science of improvement will be applied in this initiative. The objective of the learning session will be met if participants end the day feeling energized, excited about the work, with an action plan that includes a strategy based on their opportunities, and a project plan for the first 2-3 months of work.  The travel team should include the physician or NNP champion, the senior sponsor, nurse champions, and a family member who will be working with your team.

Directions - The Conference Center is located beside the parking deck at Forsyth Medical Center. For easiest access:

  • Turn into the Forsyth Medical Center campus at the intersection of Maplewood Avenue and Hawthorne Road.
  • Park in the deck that is immediately on your left.
  • Follow the walkway from the first floor of the parking deck to the Conference Center just before you enter the north tower lobby.


How: Pre-register here

 




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Human Milk Initiative - NCCC Track October Update
November 11, 2010

Fifteen hospitals are collaborating and are currently collecting baseline data in order to paint a clear picture of practices surrounding support provided to new mothers and practices regarding feeding the ELBW infant. The initiative will kick-off officially with a learning session in Winston Salem on January 13 2011. Three clinical experts are guiding this initiative: Laurie Dunn, MD, a neonatologist practicing in Raleigh, Polly Sisk, PhD, a nutrition expert specializing in premature infants and human milk, based in Winston Salem and Linda Yandell Smith, RN, MSN, IBCLC, practicing in Asheville.

Human Milk - NCCC Track September Update
September 28, 2010

The newest PQCNC Initiative that will take place in the Newborn Critical Care Centers (NCCC) aims to increase the availability and use of mother’s milk for ELBW babies. Currently we have the following  NCCC’s have registered:

Alamance Regional Medical Center
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast
Duke University Medical Center
Forsyth Medical Center
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Presbyterian Hospital
UNC Healthcare, Children’s Hospital
WakeMed
Women’s Hospital of Greensboro

The first meeting for these teams is September 30 and baseline information will be collected in October and November of this year. The initiative will kick-off officially with a learning session in Winston Salem on January 13 2011.

PQCNC Milk NCCC Action Plan
August 15, 2010

PQCNC Milk NCCC Action Plan

Human Milk Initiative - NCCC Track August Update - Expert Team work underway
August 8, 2010

The expert team for the Human Milk Initiative - NCCC Track has been working by conference call and email to determine measures, develop a data collection instrument and to create anaction plan for this project. Letters will be sent out to all North Carolina hospitals with NCCCs and copied to CNOs and medical directors, inviting them to participate in this initiative.  Each hospital will need to form a team consisting of, at a minimum, a nurse champion, a physician champion, and a senior hospital administrator.  Hospitals are encouraged to include other relevant team members such as staff nurses, nurse educators, patient representatives and performance improvement personnel.

PQCNC Human Milk NCCC Initiative Invitation
August 1, 2010

PQCNC Human Milk NCCC Initiative Invitation

PQCNC Human Milk NCCC Charter
July 7, 2010

PQCNC Human Milk NCCC Charter

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