By definition, sudden infant death syndrome is unexplained death of infants under the age of one year. As of 2008, there was no specific cause of SIDS but it has been proven that an unsafe sleep environment for infants is a significant concern. The Safe to Sleep campaign was launched in 1994 and it educated parents, caregivers, and health-care providers about the dangers added side-lying and soft ites in cribs adds additional risk factors for SIDS. After providing society with that knowledge, it was noted in the article, Nurses’ knowledge and adherence to sudden infant death syndrome prevention guidelines, that “death rates decreased from 130.5 (per 1,000 live births) in 1990 to 39.9 in 2013 (Bartlow, K., Cartwright, S., & Shefferly, E, 2016). Although the amount of infants dying from SIDS decreased tremendously; it is still the leading cause of death in infants and continues to be a noteworthy
By definition, sudden infant death syndrome is unexplained death of infants under the age of one year. As of 2008, there was no specific cause of SIDS but it has been proven that an unsafe sleep environment for infants is a significant concern. The Safe to Sleep campaign was launched in 1994 and it educated parents, caregivers, and health-care providers about the dangers added side-lying and soft ites in cribs adds additional risk factors for SIDS. After providing society with that knowledge, it was noted in the article, Nurses’ knowledge and adherence to sudden infant death syndrome prevention guidelines, that “death rates decreased from 130.5 (per 1,000 live births) in 1990 to 39.9 in 2013 (Bartlow, K., Cartwright, S., & Shefferly, E, 2016). Although the amount of infants dying from SIDS decreased tremendously; it is still the leading cause of death in infants and continues to be a noteworthy