Abstract
The late preterm infant faces many challenges associated with prematurity. In 2010, 99 late preterm infants (approximately 5% of the total birth volume) were born at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Nearly 29% of these infants were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and 12.8% were readmitted to the pediatric unit for complications associated with prematurity. The purpose of this program was to determine if adopting an evidence-based model of care utilizing the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses’ Assessment and Care of the Late Preterm Infant Guideline will improve clinical outcomes and reduce late preterm infant neonatal intensive care unit admissions and readmissions to the pediatric unit.
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