Assignment task: Skin-to-Skin Contact - Mat-Child Assignment Preparing to go into the Maternal Child practicum environmental and using best practice guidelines to increase knowledge using evidenced based practice that continues to change and evolve requires we as nurses to adapt and innovate our practice to ensure our patients continue to receive quality care, based on current best practices. Skin to Skin contact in the maternal child setting has been researched for years. This assignment will assess the importance of implementing skin to skin contact and identify barriers and facilitators of skin-to-skin contact.