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Implications of Early Education of Mothers with Infants Born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)

Implications of Early Education of Mothers with Infants Born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) PDF Author: Noreen Kearney Beckett
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The number of infants being admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICU) for treatment for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) has increased over the last 10 years(Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly, 2012). There is evidence to support maternal involvement in the infants care, improves outcomes during the NICU admissions. Current models used in NICU's miss opportunities to improve the care of NAS infants. The purpose of this intervention is to improve the care of NAS infants (Jones, 2012) in NICU's, by educating at risk mothers early in pregnancy and supporting their involvement during the NICU admission (Armstrong, 2012). Development and dissemination of educational material would initiate the process. Evaluation of this intervention would look at length of stay to make predictions, whether early education of mothers decreased length of stay (Pritham, 2012). Next NICU's would have to consider the ability to change current practice models and environments and look for ways to increase mothers' involvement during the infants' admission (Mundy, 2010) (Young, 2013). The circumstances creating the NAS admission are often complicated, with many variables to consider in determining the success of the intervention. Having a child is a life changing moment, and may provide an opportunity to improve not only the life of the infants but also the life of the infant's opiate dependent mother. Changing current model could provide and environment that will increase attachment between mother and infant, decreasing days of treatment, and improving longer-term outcome for child (Marie-Mitchell, 2013).