Sreevarenya J's Senior Project Blog
Project Title: A Quantitative Analysis on the relationship between methodology of care and nurse burnout in the context of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome BASIS Advisor: Amy Anderson Internship Location: Guidepost Montessori of North Scottsdale Onsite Mentor: Carolyn Burns |
Project Abstract
With the rise of an opioid epidemic in the United States, there have been an increasing number of cases where women continue using drugs during their pregnancy.This results in a condition commonly known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome where babies experience severe drug withdrawal symptoms and are required to stay in a specialized care unit (NICU) for an indefinite period of time. Based on the severity of the withdrawal, pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment combined with decreased environmental stimulation is initiated. However, both approaches require significant time and effort put in from the medical staff and care technicians. Of the medical team, nurses play an important role in the care and improvement of these babies. Previous literature on the subject of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome has suggested that there are various factors that may make nurses caring for an NAS baby a positive/negative experience, however, there have been no studies that have quantified burnout in nurses that work with NAS babies. This poses the question of: How does risk of burnout differ between nurses that work with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in two institutions with different models of care? The ultimate goal of this research study is to understand whether different institutional practices can affect the rate of burnout in nurses that work with NAS babies.
Chapter 12: Wrap Up
Hello Everyone! This will be the last blog post for my senior research project! I really can't believe that this journey is over. I really like my topic and I hope you found what I wrote a little interesting. I also had an amazing time volunteering for Montessori. I am going to miss the little... Read More
Chapter 11: Final Conclusions
Hello Everyone! Today's post will be about the conclusion of my project! The results from the data analysis indicated that the hypothesis was not rejected; the nurses at the hospital working with NAS babies presented with higher burnout than the nurses that were working with NAS babies at the clinic. Additionally, lower nurse-baby ratios and... Read More
Chapter 10: Recent Developments
Good Morning Everyone, I just wanted to update everyone on some things that are going on with my research project. Its almost time for me to present my research to Ms. Anderson for my AP Research final presentation which means we are almost done. In two weeks, on May 1st, I will be sending my... Read More
Chapter 9: Interesting day in the life
Good Morning Everyone! This day that I went into Montessori was very interesting because they told me that a classroom did not have their teacher today and because they were understaffed that day, nobody could take over supervising the afternoon work cycle. So, this day I got supervise them as their "teacher". From this I... Read More
Chapter 8: Mishaps
Good Morning Everyone! This week's blog post is on some mishaps that I faced during my research project! Although it may seem like I picked a very niche topic, it was through sheer luck that I came to know about it. I really wanted to do something about Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, but I knew that... Read More
Chapter 7: Day in the Life
Good Morning Everyone! This week’s blog post is a day in the life of my work at Montessori. So I usually go in around 9:30-10 in the morning. Some days, I go to lower elementary to let them read to me. They like doing their reading activity for the day with someone else listening so... Read More
Chapter 6: Updated Data Analysis
Good Morning Everyone, This weeks blog post will be an update on my data analysis for my research project. So for a quick recap, I am using the burnout assessment tool, which is a survey, to collect data. This survey has 33 statements and participants will respond to the statement using a five point For... Read More
Chapter 5: A little history lesson!
Good Morning Everyone! This week's blog post will go into a little history on the Montessori education system and how it was created! In case you didn’t already know my site placement is at Guidepost Montessori so it has been interesting learning about what a Montessori curriculum entails and how it is put into practice. ... Read More
Chapter 4: Data Collection
Good Morning Everyone! This week’s blog post will be about how I am doing my data collection. Although for my research project I am studying a specific population: nurses who work with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, I am looking into burnout specifically. After reading current literature on how burnout was studied in general in various populations,... Read More
Chapter 3: Observation Day 1
Good Morning Everyone! Yesterday was very exciting: It was my first time going into my site placement for an observation day! For those of you who don’t know, I am volunteering at Montessori for my research project. But before I go into actually working with the children in their classrooms, I was asked to observe... Read More
Chapter 2: How did I pick this particular topic?
Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to chapter 1 of my research project! This week has been pretty slow for me; I have just been getting all the materials ready so that I can start at my site placement next week. I will be volunteering at Guidepost Montessori at North Scottsdale for my senior research project. Here,... Read More
Chapter 1: Welcome!
Thurs 01. 08. 2024 Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to my blog! This is Sreevarenya Jonnalagadda and I am a senior at BASIS Phoenix. Over the next few months, I will be writing about all of my experiences (the good and the bad) as I construct my senior research project. Did you know that around 6... Read More