RESUMEN
PURPOSE: Following an assessment of safe sleep practices (SSP) and nurses' safe sleep knowledge in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), an evidence-based 2-part safe sleep program including nurse education and the use of safe sleep cards was developed in an attempt to increase SSP. DESIGN: A quality improvement project with time-series methodology, including observational and survey data collection. SAMPLE: To assess SSP, sleep environment audits were completed pre- (N = 48) and post- safe sleep program (N = 44). To assess nurses' safe sleep knowledge, a safe sleep questionnaire was distributed pre-education (N = 48) and post-education (N = 23). MAIN OUTCOME VARIABLE: The change in SSP (ΔSSP) following safe sleep program implementation and change in nurses' safe sleep knowledge (ΔKnowledge) following education. RESULTS: SSP increased from 25 percent to 61 percent compliance, and nurses' knowledge scores increased from 83 percent to 97 percent.