MU158 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Music Therapy, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Document Summary
Process depends on level of family involvement and over family dynamics. Treatment options: multimodal stimulation, music listening, the pacifier activated lullaby device, and parent training in therapeutic music techniques. Therapist must utilize family centred approach whenever possible. Henneman and cardin outline steps to successfully implementing family centred care: understand what family centred care is. Understanding impact bonding can have on infant: knowing the needs of the family. 3 needs; information, reassurance, to be with the patient: integrating into standards and policies. Mt must make it standard practice to contact family of patients in nicu if services have been referred. Therapist provides info, address concerns, offer family servies: creating tools to help. Mt can offer info and packets to families to use as resources. Handsouts, mt contact info: making family centred care a multidisciplinary group endeavor. Mt constantly monitoring the infant"s response to music interventions, the infants medical progress, and the changing needs of parents.
