Preliminary+sources+(annotated)


 * 1) **"Heroin:Fetal Risk Summary." //Drug Safety:Taking Heroin During Pregnancy//. Drug Safety Site, 12 Oct. 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2009. http://drugsafetysite.com/heroin/**
 * Maternal-fetal addiction
 * Withdrawal of the drug from the Mother causes the fetus to undergo simultaneous withdrawal
 * Low birth weight when delivered
 * Baby will most likely experience withdrawal symptoms (within 24 hours) after birth.

http://www.ehow.com/about_4741404_nicu-nurses.html**
 * 2. Noffke, Dayna. "About NICU Nurses."** //**NICU NURSES**//**. The Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses. Web. 28 Oct. 2009.
 * The NICU provides intensive around the clock care, including both medical needs and basic and basic daily care activities such as changing diapers and feeding.
 * The babies are hooked up to monitors that keep track of their heart rates, respiration, and oxygen levels.
 * Many of them also have IVs, feeding tubes, & respirators.
 * Nurses are responsible for monitoring all of this equipment & performing necessary procedures on the babies. Such as: inserting feeding tubes and giving them the proper medication they need.
 * NICU Nurses=registered nurses (RNs)
 * Work on babies with special health care needs.
 * NICU Nurses must be comfortable with making quick decisions & completing medical procedures on their own.

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/results?vid=2&hid=104&sid=e36d1d44-d412-4a83-9124-8691c3d6a3e8%40sessionmgr111&bquery=(nicu+AND+nurses)&bdata=JmRiPWh4aCZ0eXBlPTAmc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/one-in-500-babies-now-born-drug-dependent-1693502.html

http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/illegaldrugs.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887687,00.html

http://www2.scnow.com/scp/news/local/grand_strand/article/babies_born_addicted_to_drugs_extremely_common_says_ob_gyn/72775/