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Improving Maternal And Infant Health: A Quality Improvement Initiative To Recognize Postpartum Depression In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit., Amy Barry
Doctor of Nursing Practice Papers
BACKGROUND: While postpartum depression (PPD) is a significant problem in the postpartum population, emerging literature suggests that PPD is disproportionately concentrated and underdiagnosed among mothers of infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
PURPOSE: The purpose of this project was to institute a PPD screening protocol within a Level III NICU to identify mothers exhibiting signs of distress and initiate social work referrals.
METHODS: A quality improvement project implemented utilizing the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) framework and a pre-and-posttest design.
INTERVENTION: Staff education regarding PPD symptoms and the project’s protocol occurred via electronic means. Mothers of NICU infants who remained …
Implementation And Evaluation Of A Quality Improvement Project To Increase Tdap Vaccination Rates For Primary Caregivers In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit., Vickie Winner
Doctor of Nursing Practice Papers
Pertussis (whooping cough) is a highly contagious deadly disease for neonates. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identifies primary caregivers (anyone caring for the infant in the home environment) as the most common source of neonatal pertussis. The CDC therefore recommends primary caregivers receive a booster tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine to reduce the transmission of pertussis to neonates. The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project is to implement and evaluate an intervention to increase Tdap vaccination rates among primary caregivers of NICU patients. The specific aims of this quality improvement project are to 1) implement …
Predictors Of Uncertainty, Stress, Anxiety, And Depressive Symptoms Of Parents Of Preterm Infants In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit., Maryam Isa Alaradi
Predictors Of Uncertainty, Stress, Anxiety, And Depressive Symptoms Of Parents Of Preterm Infants In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit., Maryam Isa Alaradi
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Admission of a sick neonate to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can be a very stressful experience for the parents. Parents strive to deal with stress, uncertainty, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in this potentially threatening environment. Research on parental uncertainty in the neonatal population is limited. Moreover, very few studies examined predictors of stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of NICU infants. The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of uncertainty, stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in parents of preterm infants in the NICU. A cross-sectional explorative design was used to recruit a convenience sample of …