Impact of systematic screening for social determinants of health in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit.

Objective: To determine whether screening for social determinants of health (SDoH) in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) could uncover additional family needs.

Methods: Secondary analysis of a prospective study in a level IV NICU. Participants filled out the Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients' Assets, Risks and Experiences (PRAPARE) tool, which includes economic, housing, transportation, and safety questions.

Impact of systematic screening for social determinants of health in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit.

Objective: To determine whether screening for social determinants of health (SDoH) in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) could uncover additional family needs.

Methods: Secondary analysis of a prospective study in a level IV NICU. Participants filled out the Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients' Assets, Risks and Experiences (PRAPARE) tool, which includes economic, housing, transportation, and safety questions.

Inpatient education reduces length of outpatient oxygen therapy in bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A quality improvement project.

Background: Patients discharged on home oxygen therapy (HOT) for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) often receive months of this therapy. A previous trial comparing two methods of HOT weaning showed that increased parent involvement in HOT weaning decreased HOT duration. Our outpatient team uses a standard protocol for outpatient HOT weaning, starting at the first clinic visit 4-6 weeks after discharge.

Identifying barriers and facilitators to care for infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia after NICU discharge: a prospective study of parents and clinical stakeholders.

Objective: Understand barriers and facilitators to follow-up care for infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).

Methods: Qualitative study of parents and clinical stakeholders caring for infants with BPD. The interview guide was developed by a mother of a former 23-week preterm infant, neonatologist, pulmonologist, nurse, and qualitative researcher.

Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Care for Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia After NICU Discharge: A Prospective Study of Parents and Clinical Stakeholders.

Objective: Understand barriers and facilitators to follow-up care for infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).

Methods: Qualitative study of parents and clinical stakeholders caring for infants with BPD. The interview guide was developed by a mother of a former 23-week preterm infant, neonatologist, pulmonologist, nurse, and qualitative researcher.

Uncertainty and perinatal post-traumatic stress disorder in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Parents of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are at increased risk of developing perinatal post-traumatic stress disorder (PPTSD), a mental health condition known to interfere with healthy parental and infant attachment. Feelings of uncertainty about illness have been theorized as an antecedent to post-traumatic stress, however the relationship has not been explored in parents of infants requiring care in the NICU. The purpose of this prospective study was to explore parental uncertainty during and after NICU discharge and the relationship between uncertainty and PPTSD.

Parent Health-Related Quality of Life for Infants with Congenital Anomalies Receiving Neonatal Intensive Care.

Objective: To examine factors associated with parent quality of life during and after neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge among parents of infants with congenital anomalies admitted to the NICU.

Study Design: This secondary analysis of 2 prospective cohort studies between 2016 and 2020 at a level IV NICU included parents of infants with major congenital anomalies receiving NICU care. The primary outcomes were parent health-related quality of life (HRQL) during the NICU stay and at 3 months post-NICU discharge.

Implementation of a pilot electronic parent support tool in and after neonatal intensive care unit discharge.

Objective: To describe an electronic parent support tool for the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and to assess whether support requests changed with staff availability.

Methods: We implemented secure text- or email-based parent support in the NICU and in the week after discharge. Questionnaires asked whether a parent would like psychology, social work, child life, chaplain, or post-discharge nurse support.

Actual and Potential Impact of a Home Nasogastric Tube Feeding Program for Infants Whose Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Is Affected by Delayed Oral Feedings.

Objective: To compare healthcare use and parent health-related quality of life (HRQL) in 3 groups of infants whose neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge was delayed by oral feedings.

Study Design: This was a prospective, single-center cohort of infants in the NICU from September 2018 to March 2020. After enrollment, weekly chart review determined eligibility for home nasogastric (NG) feeds based on predetermined criteria.

The reproductive life plan as a strategy to decrease poor birth outcomes.

The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of implementing a life course perspective model that includes a reproductive life plan to improve health outcomes, especially in populations at risk for adverse outcomes. A reproductive life plan is a comprehensive strategy that can be incorporated into nursing practice at all levels to improve birth outcomes. Health care providers, especially nurses, should incorporate reproductive life planning into their daily encounters with patients.

Using Fetal and Infant Mortality Reviews to improve birth outcomes in an urban community.

Objective: To describe the implementation of a Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) in a small urban community to improve perinatal birth outcomes.

Design: Descriptive study.

Setting: Urban community within a Wisconsin city, population 85,000.

Newborn behavioral and physiological responses to circumcision.

Purpose: To examine the effect of preoperative acetaminophen given as analgesia before circumcision on newborns' behavioral response.

Study Design And Methods: A convenience sample of 53 male newborn infants (GA 35 to 42 weeks) who were.24 hours of age and whose parents had consented to circumcision were enrolled in the study.