Neonatal NetworkPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1891/0730-0832.43.1.52
{"title":"Nursing Continuing Professional Development Activities: January/February 2024.","authors":"","doi":"10.1891/0730-0832.43.1.52","DOIUrl":"10.1891/0730-0832.43.1.52","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46706,"journal":{"name":"Neonatal Network","volume":"43 1","pages":"52-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139546198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katherine M Dudding, Allison Shorten, Curry Bordelon, Allyson N Sanders, Tara Wood, Tedra S Smith, Penni Watts
{"title":"Incubating Collaboration for a Neonatal Scholars Writing Group.","authors":"Katherine M Dudding, Allison Shorten, Curry Bordelon, Allyson N Sanders, Tara Wood, Tedra S Smith, Penni Watts","doi":"10.1891/NN-2023-0023","DOIUrl":"10.1891/NN-2023-0023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One method to improve writing and scholarship is through the formation of writing teams. While not new, we will present our innovative strategy for creating an effective neonatal writing team for faculty and students. Tuckman's Model of Team Development was used to guide our group through the five stages of effective teams including forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning to develop an effective writing group. The application of this model facilitated a strong foundation for our writing group, the Neonatal Scholars Interest Group, through the intentional movements through developmental stages and the ability to sustain our writing group. Furthermore, the impact of our writing group, as a model, resulted in several other specialized writing groups within our school. Our writing group improved the knowledge and skills of nurse faculty and students in sustained writing efforts through successful scholarship dissemination, mentoring students, and advancing nursing education and practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":46706,"journal":{"name":"Neonatal Network","volume":"42 6","pages":"336-341"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138435240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of the Eat, Sleep, and Console Model of Care: A Quality Improvement Project.","authors":"Chelsie Ober, Linda Bloom, Nicholas Obiri","doi":"10.1891/NN-2023-0037","DOIUrl":"10.1891/NN-2023-0037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A Southeastern, 741-bed acute care, Magnet designated teaching hospital and level III B NICU identified assessment and treatment concerns for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS). In March 2020, a quality improvement project led to a multidisciplinary team formation to determine the effectiveness of the Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) model of care in reducing the length of treatment (LOT) and length of stay (LOS) for neonates experiencing NOWS rather than use of the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Scoring tool. The results concluded a decrease in the average LOT from 19.2 to 2.5 days and the average LOS from 23.9 to 9.3 days for those admitted directly into the ESC model of care on postpartum vs previous direct admission to the NICU. A group samples <i>t-</i>test showed there was a statistically significant decrease in LOS for ESC patients (<i>p</i> < .001) and LOT for ESC patients (<i>p <</i>001).</p>","PeriodicalId":46706,"journal":{"name":"Neonatal Network","volume":"42 6","pages":"320-328"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138435239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gail A Bagwell, Sandra K Cesario, Debbie Fraser, Carole Kenner, Karen Walker
{"title":"Breaking the Cycle of Nursing Chaos: The Need to Address the Nursing Shortage.","authors":"Gail A Bagwell, Sandra K Cesario, Debbie Fraser, Carole Kenner, Karen Walker","doi":"10.1891/NN-2023-0053","DOIUrl":"10.1891/NN-2023-0053","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46706,"journal":{"name":"Neonatal Network","volume":"42 6","pages":"316-319"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138435237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neonatal NetworkPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1891/0730-0832.42.6.e1
{"title":"Poster Abstracts Presented at the Fall 2023 Neonatal and Advanced Practice Neonatal Nurses Conference.","authors":"","doi":"10.1891/0730-0832.42.6.e1","DOIUrl":"10.1891/0730-0832.42.6.e1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46706,"journal":{"name":"Neonatal Network","volume":"42 6","pages":"e1-e30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138435242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protect the Microbiome: Be HOLISTIC.","authors":"Rita Wadhwani, Amanda Williams","doi":"10.1891/NN-2023-0001","DOIUrl":"10.1891/NN-2023-0001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The newborn who requires intensive care hospitalization is forced into an external environment that can negatively impact the developing microbiome. The NICU nurse has a unique role that affects, and may even protect, the development of the newborn microbiome through daily nursing care. The purpose of this article is to inform neonatal nurses regarding common nursing interventions that can positively or negatively impact the developing microbiome. Evidence-based practices are presented and bundled to describe their impact the neonatal microbiome.</p>","PeriodicalId":46706,"journal":{"name":"Neonatal Network","volume":"42 6","pages":"342-347"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138435244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical Trial Managers: Want Recruitment? Your Best Allies Are NICU Nurses.","authors":"Deb Discenza","doi":"10.1891/NN-2022-0064","DOIUrl":"10.1891/NN-2022-0064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In hearing about the continued failure of neonatal drug development to recruit patients into trials, this NICU Parent Leader reminds us that the true success of a trial is right in the unit: The NICU Nurse.</p>","PeriodicalId":46706,"journal":{"name":"Neonatal Network","volume":"42 6","pages":"356-357"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138435238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Colleen Reilly Moss, Michele Savin, Elizabeth Sharpe, Carol Wallman
{"title":"Preceptors and the New Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Educational World.","authors":"Colleen Reilly Moss, Michele Savin, Elizabeth Sharpe, Carol Wallman","doi":"10.1891/NN-2023-0044","DOIUrl":"10.1891/NN-2023-0044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The need for neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) preceptors has never been greater. Precepting is a professional responsibility with both rewards and challenges. The recent pandemic has brought about new challenges, not the least of which is burnout from clinical, learner, and environmental demands. A new educational model from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the National Task Force outlines educational and preceptor requirements aimed at improving the advanced practice educational experience for students and preceptors. Available research provides evidence of what preceptors value and how to develop best practices with academic institutions to advocate for their students. This article will discuss new nursing educational models and the role of the NNP preceptor and analyze current best practices in preceptor recruitment and retention while discussing national trends impacting personal and professional NNP practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":46706,"journal":{"name":"Neonatal Network","volume":"42 6","pages":"329-335"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138435243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bad Liver and a Broken Heart: Hepatitis B in the Newborn.","authors":"Christopher McPherson","doi":"10.1891/NN-2023-0035","DOIUrl":"10.1891/NN-2023-0035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hepatitis B viral infection is a significant source of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The United States has experienced a precipitous drop in acute hepatitis B infection after the introduction and widespread adoption of recombinant vaccines. Neonates experience significant risk from both vertical and horizontal hepatitis B exposure during a period of immaturity of the innate and adaptive immune systems. Acquisition of hepatitis B virus at or near birth confers the highest lifetime risk of chronic infection and subsequent complications including liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Pregnant women should be screened for the presence of hepatitis B surface antigen, indicating acute or chronic infection, and, if positive, hepatitis B viral deoxyribonucleic acid, allowing for quantification of viral load. The development of highly effective and safe recombinant vaccines allows partial protection of late preterm and term neonates immediately after birth. Additionally, administration of hepatitis B immune globulin in the setting of suspected or confirmed exposure supplements the immune response and decreases the risk of chronic infection. The optimal timing of vaccination is later in low-birth-weight neonates due to the aforementioned immune system immaturity. Health care providers serving neonates must familiarize themselves with national guidelines regarding hepatitis B vaccination and hepatitis B immune globulin therapy. Understanding the risks of infection and the evidence basis supporting vaccination and immunotherapy will allow providers to educate families and support decision-making, with the potential to eradicate this vaccine-preventable illness in our lifetime.</p>","PeriodicalId":46706,"journal":{"name":"Neonatal Network","volume":"42 6","pages":"348-355"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138435236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}