People support what they help to create: Improving clinical outcomes with neonatal abstinence syndrome
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Amy R. Chastain, BSN, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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- Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia, USA
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.
45th Biennial Convention 2019 Theme: Connect. Collaborate. Catalyze.
This is a combined slide deck. This presentation was also used for another session in this symposium session. Please search for CONV19D05 to locate all records for this symposium.
| Type | Presentation |
| Acquisition | Proxy-submission |
| Review Type | Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host |
| Format | Text-based Document |
| Evidence Level | N/A |
| Research Approach | N/A |
| Keywords | Length of Stay; NAS Task Force; Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome |
| Name | 45th Biennial Convention |
| Host | Sigma Theta Tau International |
| Location | Washington, DC, USA |
| Date | 2019 |
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