Implementing practice guidelines and education to improve care of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-45

  Lucas, Katherine ^a,b   Knobel, Robin B ^a  

^a Cape Fear Valley Health System   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Evidence based clinical practice guidelines; Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool (FNAST) Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS); Neonates; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84861075595     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e318241bd73     Document Type: Article

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