ANN is pleased to support efforts to enhance nursing knowledge and its application to practice by making ANN members aware of opportunities to participate in institutional review board (IRB) approved research studies. If you are an ANN member seeking to distribute a survey please complete the request form and review the information provided here. Surveys are vetted by our education committee and IRB approval is reviewed and kept on file. 

CALL FOR SURVEY PARTICIPANTS

Survey Title
Nurse Use of Non-pharmacological Interventions for Neonatal Opioid and Pain Management

Invitation to Participate
Dr. Raouth Kostandy, an Assistant Professor in the JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing at Lamar University, invites you to share your perspective on the use of non-pharmacological interventions in the care of neonates during your daily practice. If you are interested in participating, please review the informed consent below and follow the link to complete the survey. Thank you for your time and consideration. Dr. Kostandy is grateful for your continued commitment to supporting nursing practice and research.

Purpose of the Study
You are being asked to participate in a research study about your use of non-pharmacological interventions while you are providing care to neonates diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) or Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS), and during routine painful procedures. You are eligible to participate in this study if you are a nurse working in any of the following three units: L&D, Postpartum, and NICU. This study aims to survey nurses to identify their actual use of these interventions in managing NAS/NOWS and neonatal procedural pain. A secondary aim of this study is to identify barriers to using non-pharmacological interventions in these units. If you agree to participate in this study, you will be asked to answer the survey questions. The survey will take 10-15 minutes of your time and will take place online using the Qualtrics platform.  

Risks  
This is a minimal-risk research study. That means the risks of participating are no more likely or serious than those you encounter in everyday activities. The foreseeable risk or discomfort may be the time commitment to answer the survey questions. To minimize this risk and discomfort, the survey was designed to take as little time as possible. You can stop the survey at any time. 

Benefits 
Participation in this study may have no direct benefit to you other than the opportunity to provide valuable information about your daily practice. However, the information obtained in this study can be used to provide an accurate picture of nurses’ use of different non-pharmacological interventions and could guide the development of educational and training sessions on the use of these interventions. Thus, leading to providing optimal care for these neonates. 

Confidentiality
The survey responses are anonymous. No personal information about yourself will be collected. Additional anonymity is provided through the use of the secured Qualtrics platform, which prohibits the collection of any data concerning the browser or internet address. Only the designated researcher in this survey will have access to these responses.

Participation 
Your participation in this research is completely voluntary. If you decide to answer and submit your survey response, you are giving consent to participate in the study. No one will receive any type of monetary compensation or any other type of payment for participating in this study. There is no cost to you for participating.

Contact  
Prior to, during, and after your participation, you may contact the researcher by email: Dr. Raouth Kostandy at rkostandy@lamar.edu. The main number to the Dishman School of Nursing is (409) 880-8817. When asking questions about the research study, please be sure to reference the researcher's name and the study title.

For concerns with any part of this study, please contact the Lamar University Institutional Review Board at rspa@lamar.edu. 

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