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by ADAngel Jan 15Hey y'all! I am currently in a nursing program and researched a topic last semester regarding withdrawal assessment tools that can utilized for children > 4 months old. The hospital that posed the question did not currently have a tool to assess withdrawal symptoms from opioids, benzos, etc for children older than 4 months old. They were hoping for a tool similar to the Finnegan scale. So I was curious what kind of assessment tool do other hospitals utilize. Based on my research, in which not a lot of research has been done, the WAT (withdrawal assessment tool) seems to be a useful and concise tool. The nurses at the hospital I mentioned before used nursing judgment to assess children who are going through withdrawal.
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Ashlea
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Jan 15 by KelRN215Quote from ADAngelThat's tecnically the tool we used when I worked in the hospital but- by and large, I agree with the nurses at your hospital. You can tell when a child is withdrawing and you don't need to sit down and add up numbers to tell you so.Hey y'all! I am currently in a nursing program and researched a topic last semester regarding withdrawal assessment tools that can utilized for children > 4 months old. The hospital that posed the question did not currently have a tool to assess withdrawal symptoms from opioids, benzos, etc for children older than 4 months old. They were hoping for a tool similar to the Finnegan scale. So I was curious what kind of assessment tool do other hospitals utilize. Based on my research, in which not a lot of research has been done, the WAT (withdrawal assessment tool) seems to be a useful and concise tool. The nurses at the hospital I mentioned before used nursing judgment to assess children who are going through withdrawal.
Thanks!
Ashlea
