Safe Sleep
Providers
Resources for provider include: Program Implementation, Evaluation Instruments, and Provider Education.
You can also see a map of our program enrollment at the bottom of the page.
Program Implementation
The PA SafeSleep Program is a evidence-based quality improvement program to promote safe infant sleep practices in healthcare settings. It includes recommended activities across three key phases:
Baseline Assessment
Implementation
Evaluation
Yes! The PA SafeSleep Nursing Policy is a comprehensive, evidence-informed policy template that supports safe sleep from birth through discharge. It is designed to be adapted for use at various birthing sites.
Evaluation Instruments
Each module has its own evaluation survey that captures learner feedback on content, format, and overall impressions. These are required for continuing education credit.
Module 1: Evidence-Based and Best Practices for Safe Sleep with Newborns
Module 2: Teaching Safe Sleep Practices to Mothers, Families, and the Community
Provider Education
PASafeSleep Train-the-Trainer 4-Hour Program
A specialized, evidence-informed program designed for clinical nurses to become Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in safe sleep practices. SMEs act as site leaders, educators, and peer supporters to uphold best practices at their hospitals.
Program Focus Areas:
Evaluation of evidence-informed guidelines and safe sleep recommendations
Review of the PASafeSleep Nursing Policy
Surveillance training (assessments, observations, documentation audits, peer review)
Simulation-based learning using the REACH to Teach Health Literacy approach
Deep dive into the 19 AAP recommendations
Pre-Training Requirements:
Attendees must review the following prior to attending the session:
Two online training modules
PASafeSleep Nursing Policy
Key AAP publications:
Rachel Y. Moon, Rebecca F. Carlin, Ivan Hand, THE TASK FORCE ON SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME AND THE COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN (2022): Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment
Rachel Y. Moon, Rebecca F. Carlin, Ivan Hand, THE TASK FORCE ON SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME and THE COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN (2022): Evidence Base for 2022 Updated Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment to Reduce the Risk of Sleep-Related Infant Deaths
Stringer M, Ohnishi BR, Ferrarello D, Lazzeri J, Giordano NA, Polomano RC. (2022) Statewide infant safe sleep program and nurse subject matter experts.
Stringer M, Ohnishi BR, Ferrarello D, Lazzeri J, Giordano NA, Polomano RC (2020) Intensive Care Neonates and Evidence to Support the Elimination of Hats for Safe Sleep
Caryn M. Decker, Elizabeth Dunlevey, Lien Nguyen, Kathy Jo Stence, Erin McCarty, Tamala Gondwe Jean-Charles, Tara Trego, Zhen-qiang Ma(2025): A Hospital-Based Initiative for Infant Safe Sleep Practice
Lazzeri, Jessica MSN, RN, NEA-BC; Giordano, Nicholas A. PhD, RN; Christ, Lori MD; Polomano, Rosemary C. PhD, RN, FAAN; Stringer, Marilyn PhD, WHNP, FAAN(2023): Hats Off for Full-Term Healthy Newborns: No Benefits for Thermoregulation
Interactive, evidence-based modules available for all professional staff. Modules are rooted in AAP Task Force guidance on SIDS and sleep-related infant deaths.
Core Modules:
Specialized Modules:
Support Staff Module: Safe Sleep for Newborns – Guidelines for Support Staff
NICU Module: Safe Sleep for Newborns – Transition from NICU
SME Module: Safe Sleep for Newborns – SME Training
All modules include a post-survey and are eligible for continuing education hours via the PA State Board of Nursing.
Sample materials for submitting CE credit applications through the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association include the following downloads: Teaching Safe Sleep, SME Training Module, NICU Module, Evidence-Based Practices .
Program Enrollment Map
More than 40 hospitals across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania participate in the PA Safe Sleep program.
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