Core Measures for Developmentally Supportive Care

JAN

DISCUSSION PAPER

JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING

Core measures for developmentally supportive care in neonatal intensive care units: theory, precedence and practice

Mary Coughlin, Sharyn Gibbins & Steven Hoath

Accepted for publication 17 April 2009

Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Terms and Conditions set out at http://www3.interscience.wiley. com/authorresources/onlineopen.html Correspondence to: M. Coughlin: e-mail: [e-mail] Mary Coughlin MS RN Global Clinical Services Manager Children’s Medical Ventures Norwell, Massachusetts, USA Sharyn Gibbins PhD RN Head of Interdisciplinary Research & Evidence Based Practice Sunnybrook Women’s Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada Steven Hoath MD Medical Director, Skin Science Institute Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, USA

C O U G H L I N M . , G I B B I N S S . & H O A T H S . ( 2 0 0 9 ) Core measures for developmentally supportive care in neonatal intensive care units: theory, precedence and practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing 65(10), 2239–2248 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05052.x

Abstract

Title. Core measures for developmentally supportive care in neonatal intensive care units: theory, precedence and practice. Aim. This paper is a discussion of evidence-based core measures for developmental care in neonatal intensive care units. Background. Inconsistent definition, application and evaluation of developmental care have resulted in criticism of its scientific merit. The key concept guiding data organization in this paper is the United States of America’s Joint Commission’s concept of ‘core measures’ for evaluating and accrediting healthcare organizations. This concept is applied to five disease- and procedure-independent measures based on the Universe of Developmental Care model. Data sources.