Document Type
Poster
Associated Faculty
Dr. Valerie Herbert
Sponsoring Academic Department
School of Nursing
Publication Date
Fall 10-24-2022
Abstract/ Summary
In addressing the growing rates of newborn admissions with neonatal abstinence syndrome the following evidence-based PICOT question was addressed: In neonates with neonatal abstinence syndrome, how effective is methadone compared to the eat, sleep, console model in controlling withdrawal symptoms during the postnatal period? The high rate of opioid use across the United States has directly impacted the growing incidence rate of neonatal abstinence syndrome. Diagnoses in the United States have increased from 1.2 per 1000 births in 2000 to 5.8 per 1000 births in 2012 and are still growing (Grossman et al., 2018). Due to this dramatic increase, the need for effective treatment of neonatal abstinence syndrome is more necessary than ever. A search for research articles was conducted within CINAHL and JORGNN using the terms and phrases “eat, sleep, console,” “methadone,” “neonatal abstinence syndrome,” “NAS,” and “substance use outcomes.” Search criteria required all research articles to have been published between 2017 and 2022. Articles that did not discuss the treatment of neonatal abstinence syndrome were excluded. 12 articles were chosen that fell within the search criteria. Research suggests that the eat, sleep, and console method decreases the length of stay in the hospital, decreases the use of pharmaceuticals, and is more effective in treating newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Repository Citation
Henderson, Isabel; Callahan, Sarah; and Kempf, Joy, "Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Eat, Sleep, Console vs Methadone" (2022). Non-Thesis Student Work. 10.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/student_work/10
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