Great PR piece for newborn premie benefits of skin to skin.  Nurse Amanda
Davis invented a Kangaroo Care garment with ties for the baby's tubes and
named it a Joey Jersey.  Video shows the shirt has a label on it, so it may
be available for sale to use in other facilities.
Judy



http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Joey-Jersey-offers-comfort-to-preemies-and-mo
ms-98982474.html?gallery=y&img=0&c=y


http://tinyurl.com/25n48x8



http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Joey-Jersey-offers-comfort-to-preemies-and-mo
ms-98982474.html


http://tinyurl.com/24vfto9



'Joey Jersey' offers comfort to preemies and moms
FORT WORTH - A nurse's invention is saving the lives of babies by regulating
their breathing and heart rates when nothing else works.
Davis and her colleagues try to convince parents to take one extra step that
can be the boost their infant's need to survive: It's called "Kangaroo
Care," and it involves placing a near-naked infant on a parent's bare chest,
sometimes for hours.
"Sometimes if the baby is acting disoriented and very stressed out, and its
heart rate is up, once we get her settled in on the chest, her heart rate
goes down, we're able to wean on the oxygen," Davis explained.
The neonatal unit started using the Joey Jerseys last month, and already,
more parents are practicing the Kangaroo Care technique.

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