Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Management of Iatrogenic Withdrawal Syndrome (IWS) in the Pediatric Patient to Reduce Length of Stay (Driving Detox)
Description
PURPOSE: Driving Detox, a revision of the current hospital sedation weaning guideline, introduced the Withdrawal Assessment Tool-1 (WAT-1) to incorporate multidisciplinary collaboration in the assessment, prevention, and treatment of IWS for WAT-1 scores greater than or equal to 3. The overall goal is to decreases unit length of stay (LOS) and transition to a nurse-driven benzodiazepine and opioid weaning protocol supported by WAT-1 scores.
This paper has been withdrawn.