Preparing America’s Most Trusted Workforce to Become Language Nutrition Coaches
Representing a workforce that reaches the largest percentage of the population of new and expectant parents, nurses are uniquely positioned to deliver language nutrition coaching.
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Nearly all – 99% – new and expectant parents are seen by nurses between the third trimester of pregnancy and the child’s first birthday.
- Between the third trimester of pregnancy and the baby’s first birthday, there are approximately 14 natural touch points between nurses and the parents and child.
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Health education is rooted in the origins of modern nursing and has become an increasingly important role played by nurses.
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According to annual polling by Gallup, nurses are the most trusted profession in the United States.
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Representing a national workforce of 2.8 million, nursing is the largest healthcare profession.
Talk With Me Baby: A curriculum for Nurses
Talk With Me Baby: A Curriculum for Nurses is designed for obstetric, neonatal and pediatric nurses, including nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and midwives and has been approved by the Georgia State Nursing Association for one (1) Continuing Education Unit. (TWMB is currently developing two (2) and three (3) unit versions of the curriculum. Several colleges in Georgia have also begun to integrate this curriculum into their nurse training programs.)
Talk With Me Baby Nurse Training Materials
- Talk With Me Baby: A Curriculum for Nurses
- Training Videos
- Before Birth: Hello Baby!
- At Birth: Happy Birthday Baby
- At Nine Months: Nine Month Check
- Nurse Training presentation
Supplementary Materials
- Nurse Training Fidelity Check-List for Trainers
- Nurse training status tracking sheet
- Train the trainer preparation process
- Train the trainer mock training feedback form
- Sample pre and post-test forms
- Sample Letter to Hospital Administrator
- Sample Letter to Private Obstetric and Pediatric Practice
- Sample Letter to Birthing Center (coming soon)
- Sample Letter to Dean of College of Nursing (coming soon)
- Check list for securing CEU approval for TWMB curriculum in your state (coming soon)
- Sample flier for marketing nurse training
- “Baby Ella” animated video, explaining the impact of the word gap and TWMB through a graphic narrative. Video is accessible to broad audiences and can be shown in healthcare waiting rooms.