INTRODUCTION

You're a team of three community health nurses who are assigned a caseload of high-risk pregnant teenagers. Prior to their deliveries, your team visits each of their homes to assess their home environments and talk with them about what to expect in the hospital and once they return home.

As your team visits with each of the teens, a recurrent topic of conversation relates to the position a baby should be placed in when sleeping. The girls tell you about the advice they're receiving from family members, especially their grandmothers. They say that unless you're able to demonstrate that one sleeping position is safer than another that they'll just have to go with their family's recommendations.

What will your team do ... What evidence will you find ... to convince these teens of the safest sleeping position for newborns?

Little ones are depending on your team, your scientific knowledge, and your powers of persuasion!