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Educating Nurses to Improve Awareness and Use of a Human Milk Feeding Care Pathway for Opioid-Exposed Neonates.
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Nursing for women's health [Nurs Womens Health] 2024 Oct; Vol. 28 (5), pp. 339-348. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 14. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Objective: To increase nurses' awareness and use of a human milk feeding (HMF) and opioid use disorder (OUD) standardized care pathway to improve rates of HMF at discharge in opioid-exposed neonates (OENs).<br />Design: Quality improvement project.<br />Setting/local Problem: Underutilizing an HMF and OUD standardized care pathway in an academic medical center led to declining HMF rates at discharge.<br />Participants: Staff nurses in the women and infants department (N = 311).<br />Intervention/measurements: Nurses completed an asynchronous online educational module regarding awareness and use of the HMF and OUD standardized care pathway for supporting HMF in OENs. Monthly infographics were placed in each nursing unit to reinforce content. Nurses completed pre- and posteducation surveys to evaluate their knowledge and use of the pathway. After the education, rates of OENs receiving human milk at discharge were collected from the electronic health record.<br />Results: A total of 240 (77.2%) nurses participated in the educational module; awareness of the pathway increased from 91.5% to 97.3%. HMF rate at discharge significantly increased from 29.8% to 59.4% (p = .03).<br />Conclusion: Improved awareness among nurses of a standardized HMF and OUD care pathway was associated with a doubling of HMF rates at discharge in OENs.<br /> (Copyright © 2024 AWHONN. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Humans
Infant, Newborn
Female
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Adult
Breast Feeding methods
Male
Analgesics, Opioid therapeutic use
Analgesics, Opioid adverse effects
Opioid-Related Disorders prevention & control
Critical Pathways
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Awareness
Milk, Human
Quality Improvement
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1751-486X
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nursing for women's health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 39153739
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nwh.2024.04.004