An Infant With Down Syndrome: From Hospital to Home

Price (includes one year of access and CE):  US$18 Course Code: 7SENNF-PRV-09-ddn13s31 CE: 3.75 Hours. Post Test Score Required for Successful Completion: 80%

Course Overview:

This educational offering is a simulation of antepartal, intrapartal, and postpartal care of a family with a newborn who has Down syndrome. Nurses working with families who give birth to a baby diagnosed with Down syndrome must understand the characteristics of Down syndrome and ways to support the family during a critical time. This program describes the experience of a woman, her husband, their baby, and the team who provides their care. Learners receive an overview of Down syndrome, including associated medical problems, and the implications for nursing care of the infant with Down syndrome and his/her family.

Course Objectives:

After completion of this learning activity, the learner will be able to:

• describe basic principles of nursing care for persons with Down syndrome and their families.
• discriminate between myths and realities about Down syndrome.
• describe the cause of Down syndrome and associated risk factors.
• identify physical and mental characteristics and associated health conditions of the newborn with Down syndrome.
• describe nursing implications to address parental responses to the birth of a baby with Down syndrome.
• identify services available by legal mandate to support families who have infants and toddlers with Down syndrome.
• describe nursing interventions for hospital and home care immediately following the birth of a baby with Down syndrome.

This courseware was made possible in part by grant number R43 NR04738-03 from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors.

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HealthSoft, Inc. is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

It has been assigned code 7SENNF-PRV-09.

This course is updated annually. Expiration date: 5/1/11

The faculty and planners of this course have no vested interests to disclose.

This course has received no commercial support.