Background: The surgeon general states that skin cancer is a key public health problem. Skin cancer is highly preventable; however, it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States.|Purpose: The purpose of ...

Problem: Pain management in the NICU has remained a challenge despite advances in the field of neonatology. Repeated exposure to painful procedures in the NICU without adequate pain management is thought to be the cause ...

Background: Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a common diagnosis for premature infants. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) is a mode of respiratory therapy frequently used in the treatment of ...

Problem: Preterm infants have an increased susceptibility to feeding intolerance and increased gastric residuals. With an unknown correlation between feeding intolerance and development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), ...

Problem: The first 60 minutes of life are crucial moments. This time period is when an infant shifts from intrauterine life, where the mother and the placenta are in control of the infant’s body, to the outside world ...

Problem: Central line infection rates remain high in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) despite unit quality improvement changes. Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is a broad-spectrum topical antiseptic that is used in many ...

Problem: Transfusion-related NEC (TR-NEC) leads to increased morbidity and mortality numbers within the very low birth weight (VLBW) population, and remains a challenge as its complex, multifactorial etiology is not well ...

In the United States, hypertension has far reaching effects on mortality, healthcare outcomes, and economics; contributing to at least 1,000 deaths per day and accounting for $47.5 billion in healthcare costs each year ...

Pediatric death is an unfortunate fact of life. When children, families, and healthcare providers have to experience an end-of-life situation, palliative care (PC) is a needed available resource for consult. Despite the ...

Problem: The prevention of premature births has been a goal for perinatologists and pernatal nursing for decades. Bed rest is a solution that has been utilized to help prevent preterm births but there are many complications ...