Second Place in Poster Category – Nursing: Prenatal and Pediatrics

STUDENT: Johnnah Carr

ADVISOR: Khalid Almasloukh

ABSTRACT:
Keywords: breastfeeding, neonatal abstinence syndrome

The article is determining what the impact of breastfeeding on withdrawal symptoms in infants who are diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome is in comparison to bottle feeding. The objective is to determine the effectiveness of breast feeding as an intervention for infants neonatal abstinence syndrome rather than bottle feeding. The method of research is a literature review of academic articles relating to the topic. The academic articles were found using various database searches using the keywords breastfeeding and neonatal abstinence syndrome and were limited to articles published in the last five years. The preliminary results of this study are that breastfeeding is an effective intervention for an infant with neonatal abstinence syndrome. Breastfeeding is an effective intervention as it helps to reduce the symptom severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome and decreases the infant’s length of stay in the hospital. Breastfeeding can also reduce the need for pharmacological intervention in some cases. Overall, breastmilk and breastfeeding are powerful and can help infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome in many ways.