NRS-490: Evidence-Based Nursing to Improve Skin-to-Skin Contact

This essay explores evidence-based nursing research focused on improving skin-to-skin contact (SSC) between mothers and newborns. It highlights the significance of SSC in developing the mother-child relationship, including benefits like improved breastfeeding and prevention of falls. The paper discusses financial aspects, such as the use of Joey Bands to support mothers after Caesarean sections, quality aspects like uninterrupted SSC from birth, and clinical aspects involving stakeholder engagement to improve maternal facilities and data collection. The essay references studies that emphasize the importance of immediate or early SSC and the role of stakeholders in enhancing maternal services within hospitals.

Running head: EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING RESEARCH 1
Nursing: Evidence-Based Nursing Research on the Aspects which Improve Skin-to-Skin
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Skin-to-Skin Contact between a mother and her new-born has great significance in
developing the relationship between mother and child. Some of the most recognized benefits
include but not limited to improved breastfeeding and the prevention from falling. This paper,
therefore, is set to discuss how some examples from the financial, quality and clinical aspects
help improve the evidence-based Skin-to-Skin Contact (SSC) between mother and the new-
born.
Financial Aspect: - Women sometimes deliver through the Caesarean Section which
deprives them the strength to hold their babies. Therefore, the purchase of Joey Bands plays a
significant role in ensuring improved Skin-to-Skin Contact. Joey Bands are used to tie the
baby around the mother so as to act as a holding hand of the mother (Widström et al. 2014).
The Band is essential in preventing the baby from falling and maintaining relational contact
between the two.
Quality Aspect: - One example of a quality aspect to improve SSC is the maintenance
of a constant Skin-to-Skin contact which is not interrupted. The SSC process should be done
based on either immediate SCC (from birth to 10 minutes) or early SCC (from 10 minutes to
24 hours) as discussed by Hung & Berg, (2015). It is only under the surgery that babies are
presented to their mothers after around 30 minutes of birth.
Clinical Aspects: - The example under the clinical aspects is the involvement of the
clinic stakeholders to improve the SSC between mother and child. The primary role of
stakeholders in this situation would be to collect data and come up with the best decisions on
how to improve the general circumstances in the hospital (Widström et al. 2014). In the
absence of maternal facilities, the stakeholders would push for their purchase which thus
improves the maternal services in particular hospitals.

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References
Hung, K. J., & Berg, O. (2015). Early skin-to-skin after cesarean to improve breastfeeding.
MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 36(5), 318-324.doi:
10.1097/NMC.0b013e3182266314
Widström, A. M., Lilja, G., Aaltomaa‐Michalias, P., Dahllöf, A., Lintula, M., & Nissen, E.
(2014). Newborn behavior to locate the breast when skin‐to‐skin: a possible method
for enabling early self‐regulation. Acta paediatrica, 100(1), 79-85.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01983.x