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Improving Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) by Creating a Culture of Recovery

Abstract

Our NICU started a journey of interdisciplinary collaboration, employee education standardization, patient care standardization, and peer coaching for the patient families. Throughout our journey we have been able to decrease our length of stay from 37.6 days in 2014 to about 16 days in 2018.

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Description

45th Biennial Convention 2019 Theme: Connect. Collaborate. Catalyze.

Authors

Amy Chastain

Author Details

Amy R. Chastain, BSN, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Length of Stay, NAS Task Force, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Conference Name

45th Biennial Convention

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Washington, DC, USA

Conference Year

2019

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Our NICU started a journey of interdisciplinary collaboration, employee education standardization, patient care standardization, and peer coaching for the patient families. Throughout our journey we have been able to decrease our length of stay from 37.6 days in 2014 to about 16 days in 2018.