Indiana Child Care Nurse and Dietician Indiana Child Care Nurse and Dietician

Consultant ProgramConsultant Program

FSSA Bureau of Child CareFSSA Bureau of Child Care

Child Care Nurse/DieticianChild Care Nurse/Dietician Consultant Program Consultant Program

Presently, the Bureau Presently, the Bureau of Child Care’s Nurse of Child Care’s Nurse Consultant and Consultant and Dietician positions are Dietician positions are responsible for responsible for documenting documenting compliance with state compliance with state health, nutrition and health, nutrition and sanitation rules for sanitation rules for licensed child care licensed child care providers, group home providers, group home and institutions. and institutions.

Child Care Nurse/DieticianChild Care Nurse/Dietician Consultant Program Consultant Program

The Indiana Child Care The Indiana Child Care Nurse/Dietician Consultant Nurse/Dietician Consultant program will promote program will promote healthy growth and healthy growth and development of children development of children through consultations and through consultations and referrals. They will also referrals. They will also provide training and provide training and needed materials to child needed materials to child care providers. care providers.

Child Care Nurse/DieticianChild Care Nurse/Dietician Consultant Program Consultant Program

This program will also This program will also be responsible for the be responsible for the development of development of resources, and the resources, and the dissemination of dissemination of information and information and materials to licensed materials to licensed and licensed exempt and licensed exempt child care sites.child care sites.

Child Care Nurse/DieticianChild Care Nurse/Dietician Consultant Program Consultant Program

The program content will The program content will encourage childhood encourage childhood development and development and encourage childhood encourage childhood school readiness school readiness through promoting:through promoting:

-child safety, -child safety, -health and nutrition. -health and nutrition. -emotional development, -emotional development, -immunizations,-immunizations, -any other identified -any other identified

needsneeds

Child Care Nurse/DieticianChild Care Nurse/Dietician Consultant Program Consultant Program

The ultimate goal is to The ultimate goal is to provide resources to provide resources to enhance the provision of enhance the provision of quality childcare and quality childcare and promote healthy actions promote healthy actions by child care providers, by child care providers, parents and children. parents and children.

Child Care Nurse/DieticianChild Care Nurse/Dietician Consultant Program Consultant Program

With this enhanced role, With this enhanced role, the nurses and dietician the nurses and dietician will be responsible for will be responsible for collaboration with the staff collaboration with the staff who monitor registered who monitor registered ministries, licensed homes ministries, licensed homes and licensed child care and licensed child care centers, as well as with centers, as well as with child care providers within child care providers within the state. the state.

Child Care Nurse/DieticianChild Care Nurse/Dietician Consultant Program Consultant Program

Besides individual Besides individual

consultation and statewide consultation and statewide training services, the Nurse training services, the Nurse Consultants will be Consultants will be conducting random conducting random assessments of child care assessments of child care providers to validate and providers to validate and identify quality identify quality improvement issues and improvement issues and training opportunities which training opportunities which will enhance the health and will enhance the health and development of children development of children residing in Indiana. residing in Indiana.

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ProgramProgram

Areas of focus Areas of focus for this program for this program

includes: includes:

1. Health literacy, practices and education 1. Health literacy, practices and education 2. Nutrition training 2. Nutrition training 3. Safety needs of children.3. Safety needs of children.4. Safe infant sleeping positions/ SIDS reduction4. Safe infant sleeping positions/ SIDS reduction5. Food Service Safety5. Food Service Safety6. Normal growth and development, 6. Normal growth and development, 7. Promotion of quality child care 7. Promotion of quality child care 8. Policy and "best practice" information 8. Policy and "best practice" information 9. Resource and referral for childcare providers 9. Resource and referral for childcare providers

and communityand community10. Information regarding rules and standards, 10. Information regarding rules and standards, 11. Technical advice to out of home childcare 11. Technical advice to out of home childcare

providers, and QRS informationproviders, and QRS information11. Assessment and education onsite for 11. Assessment and education onsite for

providers providers 12. Coordinating health efforts with 12. Coordinating health efforts with

professionals and community programsprofessionals and community programs

Child Care Consultant’s RoleChild Care Consultant’s Role

Consultants will be Consultants will be available to assist:available to assist:

-Licensed facilities-Licensed facilities

-Unlicensed Ministries-Unlicensed Ministries

-Other unregulated -Other unregulated carecare

- Bureau of Child - Bureau of Child Care staffCare staff

Child Care Nurse/DieticianChild Care Nurse/Dietician Consultant Program Consultant Program

Consultants will be Consultants will be responsible for the responsible for the coordinating of coordinating of information to other information to other health professionals, health professionals, agencies and agencies and programs which offer programs which offer services to child care services to child care settings in the state.settings in the state.

Child Care Nurse/DieticianChild Care Nurse/Dietician Consultant Program Consultant Program

Random assessments Random assessments of home care, of home care, ministries and licensed ministries and licensed centers will occur centers will occur quarterly to quarterly to proactively identify proactively identify patterns and trends of patterns and trends of topics which need topics which need education and education and training. training.

Quarterly Data Will be Collected to Quarterly Data Will be Collected to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Evaluate the Effectiveness of

ProgramsPrograms

Data will include:Data will include:

-Location-Location

-Topic-Topic

-Number of participants-Number of participants

-Materials provided-Materials provided

-Comments by provider-Comments by provider

-Identified needs-Identified needs

Cross Training of Licensing Cross Training of Licensing Consultants will Occur by: Consultants will Occur by:

Review of revised Review of revised surveysurvey

Education of Education of immunization immunization guidelines, food guidelines, food regulations, regulations, sanitation issuessanitation issues

Shadowing of Shadowing of licensing consultants licensing consultants by nursesby nurses

TimelineTimeline

1. April, 2007- Revise licensing consultant survey1. April, 2007- Revise licensing consultant survey

2. May 2007 – Statewide training plan development with 2. May 2007 – Statewide training plan development with IACCRR IACCRR

3. July, 2007- Perform cross-training of licensing 3. July, 2007- Perform cross-training of licensing consultantsconsultants

4. July, 2007 Continue to develop program information4. July, 2007 Continue to develop program information

5. September, 2007 - Continue to develop Consultant 5. September, 2007 - Continue to develop Consultant program and resource informationprogram and resource information

6. October 1, 2007 - Implement Program6. October 1, 2007 - Implement Program

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Toni Elzy, RN, BSNToni Elzy, RN, BSN Diana Gullett, RN, BSNDiana Gullett, RN, BSN Paula McClain, RN, BGSPaula McClain, RN, BGS Melanie Childress, BS, RD, MS, CD Melanie Childress, BS, RD, MS, CD Anita Doctor, RN, MA, MSN, NP-c, Anita Doctor, RN, MA, MSN, NP-c,

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