Welcome to NTPC Training
Thank you for choosing to learn more about Nighttime Postural Care (NTPC)! Whether you're here to learn about NTPC for your practice, your family or friends, or just for your own knowledge, our six lessons may help you feel more competent in using this innovative intervention.
To finish this two hour online training complete all six lessons by selecting the tabs at the top of this screen (Lesson One, Lesson Two, Lesson Three, Lesson Four, Lesson Five, & Lesson Six). You will learn about these topics: research evidence, risk factors, sleep system types, set up, positioning, and outcome measures. A post assessment is included on the last page of this website. These lessons are meant to help you learn about some of the basics of NTPC and strategies for carrying out the intervention. If you want to be competent in NTPC, please seek additional hands on experience and training. The information provided in these lessons is not meant as a prescription for any one user. Please consult your nighttime postural care team to determine appropriateness of the intervention and placement of sleep care positioning components. Please "check in" when starting each of the six lessons. After viewing the lessons, please take the post assessment survey on the last page (after lesson 6). |
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Nighttime postural care (NTPC) is an intervention designed to support health and function of the body when lying. Specifically, NTPC uses nighttime positioning equipment or sleep systems to achieve symmetrical alignment of the body during sleep (Innocente, 2014; Wynn & Wickham, 2009). NTPC can be implemented with a variety of sleepers regardless of diagnosis or age (Waugh & Hill, 2009). Potential clients for NTPC often include persons with impaired mobility and/or those unable to move away from painful or problematic postures, such as persons with cerebral palsy (Gericke, 2006). To achieve the best postural outcomes, use NTPC along with supportive positioning during the daytime, like when sitting in a wheelchair or standing in a stander (Gericke, 2006; Robertson, Baines, Emerson, & Hatton, 2018).
Why use NTPC?NTPC interventions aim to promote better posture, body shape, and sleep for sleepers using sleep systems (Hutson, Tadesse, Porter, 2019). Initial evidence from research studies suggest that NTPC (especially when combined with daytime positioning) may decrease percentage of hip migration (Hankinson & Morton, 2002), promote a healthy hip joints (Pountney et al., 2002) and decrease the quantity of medical procedures and appointments (Pountney et al., 2009). Each sleeper will have different experiences and outcomes. It is essential to individualize the intervention to each person’s needs.
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We will discuss three different sleep systems in this training program: Symmetrisleep, Jenx Dreama, and Simple Stuff Works. Each system consists of a base layer and various components, designed to
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Nighttime postural care (NTPC) is an intervention designed to support health and function of the body when lying
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Authorship statement for lessons: The sleep care positioning program is intended to educate health providers, health care recipients and their families about the nighttime postural care intervention. This program was designed by Jennifer Hutson MS, OTR/L, ATP in collaboration with master's project students and includes six lessons entitled: 1. Introduction to nighttime postural care and evidence, 2. Risk factors and health safety plan, 3. Sleep systems available in the U.S., 4. Set up of sleep system in the bed, 5. Position the person in the sleep system and 6. Assessments and outcome measures. The program content was originally developed by master's students of occupational therapy at St. Catherine University as partial fulfillment of their Master's Project in 2018. Additional edits were made by Jennifer Hutson (2018). Video effects were made by research assistants Sophia Burch and Katlyn Lombard. Funding for the research assistants was provided by a grant from the St. Catherine University Academic Professional Development Committee (APDC).
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Authorship statement for website:
This website was prepared by Katlyn Lombard, Laura Neubert, Michelle Sullivan, and Megan Gustafson to fulfill the requirements of their master's project at St. Catherine University, in collaboration with Jennifer Hutson, OTR/L, ATP, and is intended to help increase access to NTPC education for professionals and caregivers. All rights reserved. Copyright for the sleep care positioning program and its six lessons is maintained by Jennifer Hutson MS, OTR/L, ATP. No part of this program or its six lessons can be reproduced or modified without written permission from Jennifer Hutson MS, OTR/L, ATP, [email protected] |