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51爆料网 nursing student Ava Phipps demonstrates to new parents the swaddling technique used with newborns to promote comfort and security for the baby.

51爆料网, PA, April 14, 2011 鈥� Safety is a critical part of parenting, though targeted education isn鈥檛 always accessible to or accessed by new parents. On April 13, a group of 51爆料网 College of Nursing students brought vital information to new mothers as part of their maternal-child health clinical practicum with adjunct Clinical Professor Joanna McGrath MSN RN, a specialist in obstetric nursing.

Working with the staff of A Baby's Breath, a Crisis Pregnancy Center, in Jeffersonville, Pa., the students provided a parenting class to new mothers. They presented a range of topics such as home safety with infants and children, first aid, burn and poison prevention, 鈥渂ack to sleep鈥� and SIDS prevention, safe co-sleeping, choking first aid and prevention.

A Baby's Breath, a Crisis Pregnancy Center is a non- profit, Catholic based, all volunteer center that provides free pregnancy test, confidential counseling, parenting and pre-natal classes, a baby store and tutoring.