NAS baby care plan and nursing diagnoses

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Hi everyone,

I was hoping someone could help me determine some nursing diagnoses for a newborn who is going through withdrawal from opiates.

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Specializes in med/surg tele, postpartum, mother baby.

Well I am fairly new to well baby nursing (formerly med surg) but I am thinking that with opiate exposure they may have difficulty with feeding/latching/swallowing, so they would be at risk of dehydration and hyperbilirubinemia, failure to thrive... hopefully some NICU experts will chime in and help you but I would it would be safe to assume those would be probable issues. I'm sure much more serious I just don't know I don't see those babies.

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PACU.

Throw out some ideas and let's see where it goes. Not doing homework for you :)

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Thank you for your help. So far I've used disorganized infant behavior, sleep pattern disturbance, and risk for impaired parent/child attachment (because the mother hasn't been present very often)

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PACU.

Don't forget medication use to address NAS scores.

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