Help need some creative ideas on teaching project for neonatal thermoregulation

[GraceUnderFire]

hello all....

i have a teaching project to teach level iii nursing students about neonatal thermoregulation in the first four hours of life. i am to include sources of heat, methods of metabolic maintenance and nursing measures to prevent heat loss.

today is when i begin my research on this project, so i will be busy searching nursing journals and reading info. my project is due nov 10th, but w/i this 15 min speech i am to be 'creative' and thats where i need your help.. what kind of props can i bring in , that i can put together at home, or buy over the weekend that is inexpensive?

for instance, this girl did her teaching project over meconium stained amniotic fluid. and her presentation was cool when she brought out 3 glass jars, with a different solution in each one, each jar representing a different type of fluid you may see for amniotic fluid..the first one was 'normal amniotic fluid' the second one was ' meconium tinged amniotic fluid' and the third was 'meconium saturated amniotic fluid' the visual was really cool.

so if you have any ideas i can do , or props i can do... or things i can buy....or info i can use for my 15 min speech, it would soooooooooooo be appreciated.

thank you for reading!

[mestiza25]

If you're trying to put an emphasis on NTE, then one suggestion would be to bring a thick blanket and have 2 of your friends as your "demo" sit in front of the class. One of them will keep whatever they have on(jacket/coat/hat/gloves) plus the blanket over them, while the other one gets to take off as much of their outerwear that they can take off without getting censored( ask them to wear a tank top and shorts).

Then you can actively demonstrate to your class the effect of thermoregulation in neonates by having each of your demo tell you how a baby would be reacting to their current state of "dressed/undressed".

Hope this helps!