Education
Inservice Videos
- Neurodevelopmental Care Overview video
- Dandle ROO2 In-service video
- Dandle ROO2 Modifications video
- Dandle ROO Lite In-service video
- Dandle WRAP Stretch In-service video
- Cozy Cub In-service video
- Dandle PAL In-service video
- Gel Pillow Clinical Uses video
- Crown Cradle In-service video
- Tranquilo Mat In-service video
- Dandy Tub In-service video
- Swaddled Bathing in the Dandy Tub
- Sweet Cheeks Glucose In-service video
- Dandy Prone Pad In-service video
Pictorial Instructions And Neurodevelopmental Care References
White Papers
- Neurodevelopmental Positioning: Cause and Effect
- Caring for the Infant with NAS
- NANT Clinical Reasoning Tool for Evaluating Positioning Aids
- Newborn Early Moments
- Working Together for Best Outcomes: Summary of EBP for ELBW Care
- Neonatal Massage: Benefits, Considerations, and Implications for Practice
Glucose Information
- Harding JE, Hegarty JE, Crowther CA, Edlin RP, Gamble GD, Alsweiler JM, et al. (2021) Evaluation of oral dextrose gel for prevention of neonatal hypoglycemia (hPOD): A multicenter, double-blind randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med 18(1): e1003411. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003411
- Bennett, C. et al, (2016). Implementing a Protocol Using Glucose Gel to Treat Neonatal Hypoglycemia. Nursing for Women’s Health, Vol. 20, Issue 1, 64-74.
- Harris, DL et al. (2013). Dextrose gel for neonatal hypoglycemia (the Sugar Babies Study): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet, 381 (9910), 2077-283.
- McKinlay, C. et al. (2015). Neonatal Glycemia and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 2 Years. The New England Journal of Medicine, 373, 1507-1518.
- Maker, K., Alissa, R., Dudke, C., Travers, L., Smotherman, C., Hudak, M. (2018) Glucose Gel in Infants at Risk for Transitional Neonatal Hypoglycemia. American Journal of Perinatalogy 35:1050-1056
- Sample Glucose Protocol
- Stanzo K, Szostek T, Desai S, Chiruvolu A. Clinical outcomes in newborns receiving glutose 15 versus sweet cheeks oral glucose gel for neonatal hypoglycemia. J Perinatol. 2024 May;44(5):748-750. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-01896-5. Epub 2024 Feb 10. PMID: 38341486.
Dandy in the Literature
- Funk, N., Baruah, I., Zodin, A., Castillo, D. & Bates, S. (2022). Improving neonatal posture and positioning using developmental aids. Poster presentation to National Association of Neonatal Nurses Conference.
- Jeanson, E. et al. (2021). Sweet dreams in the NICU. Poster presentation to National Association of Neonatal Therapists Conference.
- Lensing, N. & Jacob, J. (2021, April). Utilization of the Crown Cradle™ positioning aid for cranial molding during NICU hospitalization. Poster presented at the meeting of the National Association of Neonatal Therapists, virtually.
- Andrews C, Whatley C, Smith M, et al. (2018) Quality-Improvement Effort to Reduce Hypothermia Among High-Risk Infants on a Mother-Infant Unit. Pediatrics;141(3):e20171214
- Madlinger-Lewis, L., Reynolds, L., Zarem, C., Crapnell, T., Inder, T. & Pineda, R. (2014). The effects of alternative positioning on preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: A randomized clinical trial. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35; 490-497.
- Zarem, C., Crapnell, T., Tiltges, L., Madlinger, L., Reynolds, L., Lukas, K. & Pineda, R. (2013). Neonatal nurses’ and therapists’ perceptions of positioning for preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Neonatal Network, 32(2); 110-116
