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Development of an Educational Resource to Increase Nursing Staff Knowledge of Adrenal Insufficiency Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(2019-05-18)
Inadequate treatment of adrenal insufficiency (AI) can lead to life-threatening complications. Proper treatment includes appropriate medication changes during times of stress, illness, or injury with either increased oral ...
Implementation of an Evidence-Based Practice Model in a Rural Community Hospital: A Guide to Neonatal Nursing Practice
(2018-05-12)
While there has been much progress advancing evidence-based practice in the hospital setting, challenges still exist in rural hospitals with limited resources and no evidence-based practice framework. Implementing ...
Development of a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Led NICU Transport Team
(2017-08-19)
Background: In the United States, approximately one in ten births result in a premature neonate with an estimated cost to society due to premature births of over 26 billion dollars a year. The demand for newborn transport ...
The Use of Placental Blood on Admission to the NICU
(2017-05-13)
Background: Upon admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), very low birth weight (VLBW) infants are routinely phlebotomized within the first hours of life. Though necessary, this can lead to poor outcomes ...
Development of the ACES Tool for the Evaluation of NICU Nurses Performing NRP
(2019-05-08)
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to develop and test a scoring tool designed to evaluate nurses of any experience level while participating in neonatal resuscitation (NRP).|Background: Simulation training is becoming ...
Establishment of a Comfort Care Order Set in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Standardize Transitional Care of Terminally Ill Infants
(2019-05-18)
The transition of changing treatment goals for a terminally ill infant can be confusing and may lead to variability in care provided. A level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at a Midwestern children's hospital lacked ...
Implementing Paternal Postpartum Depression Screening in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit
(2019-05-18)
Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) in mothers has been widely studied however PPD in fathers has been overlooked. Maternal PPD screening in the NICU has become routine while very few units routinely screen fathers. ...
Promoting Education and Refining the Nursing Role to Enhance the Adherence and Implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(2019-05-18)
Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project is to improve adherence to a neonatal intensive care unit’s sepsis protocol.|Background: Antibiotics are frequently overused. Antibiotic stewardship programs are ...
Implementing the Use of Early Lung Recruitment for Newborn Respiratory Management in a Level II Nursery
(2019-05-18)
Background: Newborn infants experience many physiologic changes at birth to enable transition to extra-uterine life. Newborns are at risk for respiratory distress due to many factors including physiologic immaturity of ...
Safe Sleep in the NICU
(2019-05-18)
Background: Premature infants are more likely than full term infants to die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) or Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID). The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all ...