Implications for Hospital Care of Newborns and their Families with NIDCAP, the Biobehavioral Basis for Developmental Care
May 28, 2025 8:00
UIC Student Services Building 1200 W. Harrison
- Sponsor
- UIC APC
- Speaker
- Jean Powlesland, MS, RN, C-NICC, Jennifer Hofherr MS, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, NIDCAP Trainer & Joy V. Browne, Ph.D., PCNS, IMH
- Cost
- $75
- Contact
- Joanne Sorce
- jsorce@uic.edu
- Views
- 229
- Originating Calendar
- UIC Perinatal Center Courses and Conferences
Program Objectives:
- Discuss the evolution, conceptual, and evidence base of developmental care for newborns and their families.
- Describe examples of care practices based on NIDCAP philosophy that can improve care for newborns and families.
- Identify the major neurologic processes in fetal and newborn brain development and when they occur; the major biobehavioral shifts in infancy; and sensitive periods for infants and parents.
Target Audience: This includes physicians, RNs, and APNs in the perinatal specialty.