title: Pulse Oximetry Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease: Bringing Evidence Into Practice.
abstract: Congenital heart disease is the most common and serious type of infant birth defect. Pulse oximetry screening has been supported in the literature as a valuable tool to aid in the prompt detection of critical defects. Pulse oximetry is easily accessible, inexpensive, and noninvasive, and can be readily performed by clinical nurses at the infant's bedside; however, it remains a technology that is underutilized in newborns. Nurses can be leaders in addressing the need to translate knowledge into practice to improve the morbidity and mortality rates in the newborn population.
authors.affiliation: Northern Alberta Neonatal Intensive Care Program, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amsbaugh
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: Shannon.scott@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Shannon D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: Northern Alberta Neonatal Intensive Care Program, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Foss
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015997:Neonatal Screening / Q000451:nursing*; D010092:Oximetry / Q000451:nursing*
keywords: Critical congenital heart defects; Infant; Knowledge translation; Newborn; Pulse oximetry screening