DALLAS, Aug. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Huggies® Nursing Advisory Council, in partnership with
Huggies, today launched the new Every Change Matters™ Nurse
Education Program, a supplement to Every Change
Matters™: A Guide to Developmental Diapering
Care, the first research review of clinical evidence to
consider diapering within the context of developmental
care—including skin care, physical development, sensory elements
and parent-infant bonding. The Nurse Education Program is designed
to equip nurses with developmental diapering knowledge and skills
to use in practice, as well as strategies to teach and engage
parents in caring for and bonding with their infant.
Every Change Matters™: A Guide to Developmental
Diapering Care was developed in 2016 by the Huggies Nursing
Advisory Council, a Kimberly
Clark-sponsored consulting group that brings together expert
perspectives in neonatal and perinatal nursing and education,
occupational therapy, and the NICU parent experience. The Nurse
Education Program is a modular, computer-based educational tool
that operationalizes the five developmental diapering focus areas
of Every Change Matters™ – Calm & Clean, Change &
Check, Comfort, Champion Sleep, and Confidence & Closeness –
for implementation into clinical practice and parent education. The
program includes tips for both pre-term and full-term newborns.
"This easy-to-use, interactive program was designed for both
audio and visual learners by utilizing a variety of educational
methods including video, illustrations of key points, and knowledge
surveys that provide immediate feedback to the participant," said
Huggies Nursing Advisory Council member Sharon Dore, RN, BScN, M Ed, PhD, Clinical
Associate Professor, McMaster
University. "By advancing diapering knowledge and strategies
to use in practice and when engaging with parents, we are helping
to support positive infant development and parental bonding."
The Every Change Matters™ Nurse Education Program is
available online at HuggiesHealthcare.com. Health care
professionals can download the education program and launch
directly from their desktop or upload to their hospital's Learning
Management System (LMS).
"Huggies recognizes that being a nurse can be demanding on many
levels, which is why we offer educational resources and clinical
insights – such as the Every Change Matters™ Nurse Education
Program – to support nurses in their critical mission to help
babies thrive," said Aric Melzl,
General Manager, Huggies Healthcare at Kimberly-Clark. "The program
has enabled us to take Every Change Matters™ to the next
level by offering an engaging and useful resource for nurses that
will provide them with important developmental diapering knowledge
that can be applied in their clinical practice."
About the Huggies Nursing Advisory Council
Members of
the Huggies Nursing Advisory Council and co-authors of Every
Change Matters™: A Guide to Developmental
Diapering Care are:
- Sharon Dore, RN, BScN, M Ed,
PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, McMaster
University, Ontario, Canada
- Media Esser, NNP-BC, APNP, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner,
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Felicia Fitzgerald, BSN, RN,
RNC-OB, Perinatal Outreach Educator, Chicago, Illinois
- Kelli Kelley, Founder &
Executive Director, Hand to Hold, Austin, Texas
- Joanne Kuller, RN, MS, Neonatal
Clinical Nurse Specialist, UCSF Benioff Children's
Hospital, Oakland, California
- Sue Ludwig, OTR/L, CNT, Founder
& President, National Association of Neonatal
Therapists, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Debianne Peterman, PhD, MSN, RNC-NIC, NE-BC, Vice President,
Clinical Education and Development, TriStar Health, Brentwood,
Tennessee
About Every Change Matters™
The average
child has more than 10,000 diaper changes in their lifetime. These
diaper changes are more than an opportunity for a clean and dry
diaper—they provide a chance to integrate developmental care along
with infant skin care to help infants thrive. Every Change
Matters™: A Guide to Developmental Diapering Care helps nurses
and other healthcare professionals to integrate, model, and educate
parents and other caregivers about the importance of developmental
care in addition to skin care in diapering. It was developed by the
Huggies® Nursing Advisory Council – a Kimberly Clark-sponsored consulting group that
brings together expert perspectives in neonatal and perinatal
nursing and education, as well as occupational therapy and the NICU
parent experience.
Huggies has also partnered with AWHONN Healthy Mom&Baby to
develop parent-facing education tools that outline the key
developmental diapering practices of Every Change Matters™
in an applicable, accessible way for parents to easily understand
and routinely use at home. These materials are intended for nurses
to share with new parents, via this link.
About the Huggies Brand
Huggies believes deeply in the
Power of Hugs. That's why every Huggies diaper and wipe is inspired
by parents' hugs. For nearly 40 years, Huggies has been helping
parents provide love, care and reassurance to help babies
thrive. No Baby Unhugged is Huggies promise to
ensure babies get the care they need to thrive – from innovative
everyday products, growing hospital hugger programs and
specially-designed products for the tiniest of babies, to diapers
and wipes donations. Huggies is the fastest growing diaper brand in
hospitals* and partners with NICU nurses to develop diapers and
wipes that meet the specific needs of pre-term infants. For more
information on Huggies No Baby Unhugged program visit
the "Why Huggies?" page at Huggies.com.
About Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) and
its well-known global brands are an indispensable part of life for
people in more than 175 countries. Every day, nearly a quarter of
the world's population trust Kimberly-Clark brands and the
solutions they provide to enhance their health, hygiene and
well-being. With brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups,
Kotex and Depend, Kimberly-Clark holds the No.1 or No. 2 share
positions in 80 countries. To keep up with the latest news and to
learn more about the Company's 145-year history of innovation,
visit www.kimberly-clark.com or follow us on Facebook and
Twitter.
*based on volume share growth
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