Stephanie Abbu – A Closer Look at ROP

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Speaker:Stephanie Abbu, DNP, RN, CNML

Duration:1 Hour 01 Minutes

Format:Audio and Video

Copyright:Dec 06, 2022  

Media Type:Digital Seminar

Description

Every year up to 16,000 premature infants in the born in the United States are affected by retinopathy of prematurity, or ROP. This eye disease is the leading cause of childhood blindness in the world. The complexity of ROP care requires effective coordination and communication between the entire healthcare team, including the patient’s family. As neonatal caregivers, we need to look at barriers to ROP care and follow-up through a health equity lens, then develop patient-centered solutions to prevent vision loss.

Speaker

Stephanie Abbu, DNP, RN, CNML, is Manager for Neonatal Services at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. As a second career nurse, she has 18 years of healthcare experience as a registered nurse, assistant manager, business coordinator, and manager. Dr. Abbu is a national speaker on neonatal care, nursing research, nursing practice and professionalism, mentoring, leadership, and family and patient engagement. As a member of the TN Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative for the past decade, she is a nurse leader devoted to improving the outcomes of mothers and babies.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Stephanie Abbu has employment relationships with Synova Associates and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. She was a previous consultant with Aspect Imaging. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Stephanie Abbu is a member of the Academy of Neonatal Nursing, the American Nurses Association, the Tennessee Nurses Association, and the National Association of Neonatal Nurses. She is a contributing editor for Neonatal Network and serves on the editorial board for Empowered Nurse. She is a peer reviewer for The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing and Nursing Management.

Objectives

1. Analyze the biologic basis for ROP.
2. Debate barriers to ROP care and follow up.
3. Formulate patient-oriented solutions to address potential gaps in health equity.

Outline

• History
  • History of retinopathy of prematurity and
  • How our understanding of it has evolved over time
• Diagnosis/Treatment
  • Staging system
  • Diagnosis and treatment of high-risk neonates
• Tracking
  • Standardizing personnel and roles
  • Monitoring post-discharge care
  • Communication interventions
• Legal Issues
  • Liability
  • Malpractice
• Health equity and disparities
  • Review barriers to ROP care and follow-up
  • Describe patient-oriented solutions to overcome barriers

Target Audience

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Physician Assistants
• Speech Language Pathologists
• Other Professions

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