Session Information
AALNC 2008 National Educational Conference
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400: Preventing Abusive Head Injuries Through Hospital-Based Parent Education: The Pennsylvania Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention & Awareness Program
Track
:
LNC Nursing issues
Program Code:
400
Date:
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Time:
8:00 AM to 9:15 AM
EST
Location:
Meeting Rooms 5-6
SPEAKER
(S):
Carroll Rottmund, RN BSN CCRN CLNC
Description
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe general characteristics of shaken baby syndrome.
2. Explain legal aspects of shaken baby syndrome cases.
The speakers, two Pennsylvania Nurse Coordinators for the Shaken Baby Syndrome
Prevention & Awareness Program, will address the history, incidence, cause, risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, consequences and most importantly, recommendations for the prevention of infant abusive head injuries, including shaken baby syndrome. SBS program implementation, roadblocks, investigation techniques, legal implications, common legal defenses, and documentation requirements for compliance to PA Act 2002-176, The Pennsylvania Shaken Baby Syndrome Education Act, will be discussed.
1. Describe general characteristics of shaken baby syndrome.
2. Explain legal aspects of shaken baby syndrome cases.
The speakers, two Pennsylvania Nurse Coordinators for the Shaken Baby Syndrome
Prevention & Awareness Program, will address the history, incidence, cause, risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, consequences and most importantly, recommendations for the prevention of infant abusive head injuries, including shaken baby syndrome. SBS program implementation, roadblocks, investigation techniques, legal implications, common legal defenses, and documentation requirements for compliance to PA Act 2002-176, The Pennsylvania Shaken Baby Syndrome Education Act, will be discussed.
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