SIDS Concept Map Sample Chart - Nursing classes

SIDS sample concept map

1. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Concept Map
































Injury prevention related to developmental
parameters:

- Placing infant in a supine sleeping position
(“Back to Sleep”)
- Firm sleeping surface without hazardous
items
- Teach parents how to avoid overheating
- Room sharing is acceptable, but parents
need to place the infant its own separate
sleeping
- Benefits of breastfeeding
- Immunize the infant in accordance with
AAP and CDC recommendations
- Pre- and post- natal care strategies:
smoking, alcohol and illicit drug use

Teaching & Learning Strategies/Methods: Utilizing the Online NIH Safe to Sleep Public
Education Campaign Resources Center:
Tools:
1. Printable Resources: Brochure on prevention: Safe Sleep for your Baby: Reduce the Risk of SIDS and
Other Sleep-Related Causes of Infant Death, Handout: What does a Safe Environment look like?
Breastfeeding & SIDS handout
2. Videos: Interactive safe sleep environment tool, Grandparent videos
3. Online Media: Shareable and viewable resources for those who cannot attend classes in-person, web-
ready photo examples of safe infant sleep environment and explanations

Other Teaching/ Learning Strategies:
- In-person teaching/learning with role play and doll infant
- Use teach-back and modeling method to confirm understanding of safe sleep environment
- Have parents take a 10-question quiz and explain reasoning for answers
- Question and Answer session

Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome
(SIDS)
Nursing Diagnosis related to injury
prevention:

Insufficient knowledge related to sudden
unexplained death prevention as evidenced
by parental questions

Learner Objectives:
1. Define Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS) and the population at risk.
2. Identify the risk factors and potential
causes of SIDS.
3. Teach SIDS prevention prevent to lower
risk of incidence.
4. Provide information and resources on
SIDS.

Evaluation Criteria/Methods:
- Proper demonstration of safe sleeping
placement for infant by both parents
- Can effectively teach back information
learned to instructor
- Passes comprehension quiz with an
understanding of concepts taught
- If using the online interactive sleep
environment tool; exhibits competency
in creating a safe environment for the
newborn

Risk Factors:
- Sex
- Age
- Race
- Family History
- Second-hand smoke
- Prematurity

2. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Concept Map


References
Maged, M., & Rizzolo, D. (2018). Preventing sudden infant death syndrome and other sleep-related infant deaths. JAAPA: Journal of the
American Academy of Physician Assistants (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), 31(11), 25–30. https://doi-
org.revproxy.brown.edu/10.1097/01.JAA.0000546475.33947.44
Mayo Clinic. (2020, May 20). Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Retrieved May 29, 2020, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-
conditions/sudden-infant-death-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20352800
National Institute of Health (NIH), & U.S Department of Health and Human Services. (2020). Safe to Sleep. Retrieved May 29, 2020, from
https://safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov/
Newberry, J. A. (2019). Creating a Safe Sleep Environment for the Infant: What the Pediatric Nurse Needs to Know. Journal of Pediatric
Nursing, 44, 119–122. https://doi-org.revproxy.brown.edu/10.1016/j.pedn.2018.12.001