When a mother is uses non-recommended substances during her pregnancy, leading to various complications with the fetus.

Methadone treatment

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1.) Swaddling/ rocking
2.) Decrease stimuli in the environment

Providence Center, Butler Hospital, Rhode Island Rehab, Phoneix House of New England, The Journey to Hope Health and Healing, Tri-County Health Center, Sojourner House, AA meetings.

LBW, small head circumf, jaundice, congenital malformations, behavior problems, poor memory, poor functioning abilities, delayed development, delayed speech.

Codine, Morphine, Oxycodon, Heroine, Antidepressants, Benzodiazapams, Methadone.

What are 2 reasons why urine tox screens are recommended?Confirmed hx and evidence of maternal substance use, maternal homelessness, prostitution, or mental illness. Hx of children being previously removed from the household, Neonatal signs that are consistent with withdrawal, Maternal hx of incarceration, No, late, or inadequate prenatal care.

Misuse of a legal substance or use of an illicit substance in a mother. A newborn has a positive toxicology screen for illegal or non-prescribed substances, a newborn is treated for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) as the result of maternal use of illegal substances.Mother of a newborn tests positive for an illegal, non-prescribed medication and the infant has not tested positive, a newborn has fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; or any case of a substance exposed newborn with safety concerns.

Opioids

Negative childhood events, genetics, alterations in structures of the brain, pre-pregnancy substance abuse.

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