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Increasing Nurse Awareness Of A Breastfeeding And Substance Use Disorder Guideline To Improve Rates Of Breast Milk And Skin To Skin Usage: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Makenna R. Black, Alexandria L. Tasket, Megan L. Young, Tracy L. Brewer
Increasing Nurse Awareness Of A Breastfeeding And Substance Use Disorder Guideline To Improve Rates Of Breast Milk And Skin To Skin Usage: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Makenna R. Black, Alexandria L. Tasket, Megan L. Young, Tracy L. Brewer
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Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) is related to opioid exposure in utero, and cases of NOWS have been increasing. In Tennessee in 2020, 824 newborns were born with NOWS. NOWS treatment involves pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment. Breastfeeding, a nonpharmacological treatment, decreases the need and length for pharmacological treatment, the length of stay, and NOWS symptoms. Skin-to-skin may also reduce symptoms of NOWS. This quality improvement (QI) project involved implementing an Opioid Use Disorder Toolkit from the Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (TIPQC) and specifically educating staff nurses in a Women and Infant’s Department in a regional medical center on …