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Assessment Of Maternal Substance Abuse And Neonatal Exposure, Carol Jean Dauenhauer Giese
Assessment Of Maternal Substance Abuse And Neonatal Exposure, Carol Jean Dauenhauer Giese
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Infants born to adolescent and young adult mothers who abuse substances, are at high risk for chemical dependency and its sequelae. There is a need to identify such infants and their mothers so that intervention will be available to them. The purpose of this study was to develop a systematic approach to evaluate mothers and infants for potential drug use and improve the quality of the nurses decisions.
This research project involves two sub-projects. In Part A, a Substance Abuse Assessment Tool (SAAT) was developed. The hospital nurses used the SAAT March 1, 1990, through April 12, 1990. The incidence …