title: Facilitating skin-to-skin contact in the operating room after cesarean birth.
abstract: We implemented an evidence-based practice change to provide early skin-to-skin contact (SSC) in non-emergent, full-term cesarean surgical births among low-risk healthy women. There were three aims of this project: (1) To develop a protocol for health care professionals' roles in providing SSC in the operating room; (2) To implement the protocol; and (3) To evaluate the process of implementation of the evidence-based intervention. The "champion team" concept was crucial to the project's success.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Lyn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prater
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009873:Operating Rooms; D011247:Pregnancy; D014110:Touch
keywords: cesarean; champion team; evidence-based practice; skin-to-skin contact