The 3rd Annual ANA Innovation Awards

Misunderstanding a baby’s behavior contributes to poor parent-child attachment, decreases parent confidence, and causes mothers to add formula, begin solids prematurely, or give up breastfeeding altogether. Tedder’s innovation, HUG Your Baby uses family-friendly language, inspiring video of parents and babies, engaging handouts and case studies to help parents, and the nurses who serve them, understand babies and anticipate how changing development impacts both the parent-child relationship and the breastfeeding experience. HUG Your Baby raises parents’ curiosity about what a baby is “saying,” prevents a negative interpretation of the baby’s behavior, enhances parent confidence, promotes breastfeeding duration, and sets the stage for appreciating the importance of understanding child development in the months and years to come.

 

Kelly Robke, MBA, MS, RN Vice President, Clinical Thought Leadership at BD and ANA Enterprise CEO, Dr. Loressa Cole, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE present the Individual Nurse Award to Janice Tedder, BSN, FNP, IBCLC, Founder and Director of HUG Your Baby.

Ferry and Gafar-Schaner developed SafeSeizure™ to improve and standardize the process of implementing seizure precaution protocols by providing a protective bed rail pad that focuses on patient safety and nurse workflow. At present, bed rail protection for seizure precautions remains non-standardized. Existing bed rail pads are often too large, difficult to store, bed/brand specific, and expensive. Due to the existing products' inefficiencies, cost, and poor availability, nurses frequently rely on linen as a solution to protect their patients. Aside from being unsightly and unprofessional, linen usage is unsafe. Linen and tape are reservoirs for bacteria and can remain on railings for hours and sometimes days, often becoming visibly soiled. These linens can house highly dangerous microbes that can increase the chances of hospital-acquired infections. SafeSeizure™ pads solve all these problems at a fraction of the cost of current market products. These patented inflatable seizure pads are convenient, compact, and easy to clean.