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Published on: August 19, 2020
Introducing the i-Rainbow©: An Evidence-Based, Parent-Friendly Care Pathway Designed for Critically Ill Infants in
Eilish M Byrne1, Katherine Hunt, Melissa Scala
1University of Saint Augustine for Health Sciences (Dr Byrne), San Marcos, California; Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Ms Hunt), Palo Alto, California; Stanford University School of Medicine (Dr Scala), Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Purpose:
This study investigated the feasibility and effectiveness of a novel, evidence-based developmental care pathway to be used by health care providers and parents in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) setting. The i-Rainbow is based on current evidence and responds to individual infant health status. It is not based on infant age.
Methods:
After development and implementation of the i-Rainbow, pre- and postimplementation nurse and parent survey data were collected and pre- and post-developmental care rates were compared.
Results:
After i-Rainbow implementation, disagreement among providers on appropriate developmental care interventions significantly decreased, total minutes of daily developmental care and swaddled holding increased significantly, and parents reported that they would recommend the tool.
Conclusion:
The i-Rainbow is a unique, parent-friendly, infant-based tool that guides sensory interventions in the NICU by staging infants based on cardiorespiratory status and physiologic maturity, not age. The i-Rainbow improved the delivery of developmental care activities in our unit and was well received by parents and nurses.
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