title: Educational Intervention for an Evidence-Based Nursing Practice of Skin-to-Skin Contact at Birth.
abstract: This article presents the development and evaluation of an educational intervention aiming at an evidence-based practice of skin-to-skin contact at birth among nurses of a maternity care unit. Based on the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care, four educational sessions were developed according to an active-learning pedagogy. Even if the nurses' practice did not fully meet the recommendations for skin-to-skin contact, a pre- and postintervention evaluation showed some positive results, such as a longer duration of skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth, delivery of some routine care directly on mothers' chest, and improved parent education. The educational intervention seems to have enacted some evidence-based nursing practice changes regarding skin-to-skin contact at birth.
authors.forename: Jeanne Pigeon
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Turenne
authors.forename: Marjolaine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Héon
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aita
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Faessler
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doddridge
keywords: active-learning pedagogy; educational intervention; evidence-based practice; immediate postpartum; skin-to-skin contact