Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Family-Centered NAS (NOWS - Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome) and Polysubstance Abuse in Pregnancy and Newborns (PAPN)

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Family-Centered NAS (NOWS – Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome) and Polysubstance Abuse in Pregnancy and Newborns (PAPN)

(Jennie Jacob and Nichole Lensing)

 

• Developmental Care in the NICU: Protecting Vulnerable Brains
• Caring for babies diagnosed with NAS / NOWS

Required Videos:  Watch Prior to Seminar

1. Preemies in the NICU, a visual tour: http://www.babycenter.com/2_preemies-in-the-nicu-a-visual-tour_10302234.bc
2. Preemies in the NICU: How Parents can Help: http://www.babycenter.com/2_preemies-in-the-nicu-how-parents-can-help_10...
3. NICU Ethics Consultation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eexODWHsEE
   
    

Required Readings: 

1. Jackson, Y. (2012). Advancing Brain Oriented Care in the NICU: Challenges and Opportunities, Neonatal Intensive Care, 25 (5) 47-52.
2. Black, B.P., Holditch-Davis, D., Miles, M. (2009). Life Course Theory as a Framework to Examine Becoming a Mother of a Medically Fragile Preterm Infant. Res Nursing Health, February 32(1): 38-49.
   
    

Supplemental Readings:

1. Ribeiro, et al (2011). Attention problems and language development in preterm low-birth-weight- children: Cross-lagged relations from 18 to 36 months.
2. http://www.general-movements-trust.info/51/papers