Provider EDUCATION

Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Training Resources

PASafeSleep Train-the-Trainer 4-hour Program

This evidence-informed program is intended for select clinical nurses who will engage in more intensive didactic and simulation training to prepare them as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). The SMEs will be the experts to train and guide the other staff on the principles and education of safe sleep.  They will learn how to be role models at their clinical sites and provide on-going peer support.

The program focuses on:                                   

• Evaluation of evidence-informed practice guidelines and the scientific basis and strength of recommendations for safe sleep practices

• Evaluation of an evidenced based template of a PASafeSleep Nursing Policy

• Preparation in surveillance of safe sleep practices at their hospital clinical site such as assessments, observations, monitoring and audits of health record documentation, and techniques and record keeping for peer review assessments and monitoring  

• Engagement in simulation scenarios based on the REACH to Teach Health Literacy conversations approach and the 19 American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations

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Before entering the program, attendees are asked to complete two on-line modules and the PASafeSleep Nursing Policy. In addition, attendees are asked to review two publications by the American Academy of Pediatrics; (AAP) 

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(1) Moon RY, Carlin RF, Hand I; AAP Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn. Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment. Pediatrics. 2022;150(1):e2022057990

Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment | Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics (aap.org)

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(2) Moon R, Carlin R, Hand I, et al. Evidence Base for 2022 Updated Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment to Reduce the Risk of Sleep-Related Infant Deaths. Pediatrics. 2022;150(1):e2022057991 

Evidence Base for 2022 Updated Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment to Reduce the Risk of Sleep-Related Infant Deaths | Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics (aap.org)

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(3) Stringer, M., Ohnishi, B.R., Ferrarello, D., Lazzeri, J., Giordano, N., & Polomano, R., (2022) Statewide infant safe sleep program and nurse subject matter experts. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing 2022 Nov-Dec 01; 47(6), 337-344 DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000859

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35857024/ 

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(4) Fulmer M, Zachritz W, Posencheg MA. Intensive Care Neonates and Evidence to Support the Elimination of Hats for Safe Sleep. Adv Neonatal Care. 2020 Jun;20(3):229-232. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000695. PMID: 31842154.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31842154/