2025 Perinatal Substance Use

What NOWS? The Latest Updates on Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome

Management of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) evolves continuously as we learn more about its impact on infants and families. This webinar will discuss the latest updates on the management of NOWS.

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Meet the instructor

Sarah Walder, MSN, APNP, NNP-BC

Sarah Walder is a neonatal nurse practitioner at Aspirus in Wausau with 30 years of nursing experience. She holds a BSN from UW Oshkosh and a Master’s in Nursing from Rush University. Her work focuses on preterm and opioid-exposed infants, and she has served as past president and longtime member of WAPC.

 

The speaker has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.*

Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
  • Verbalize the difference between Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS).
  • Verbalize two differences between the Finnegan and Eat Sleep Console.
  • Identify one new study related to NOWS.
  • Verbalize two resources for NOWS.


Accreditation Statement

Continuing Medical Education

The Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care (WAPC) designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course Content

Planning Committee

No one in control of content has any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.*

Course Information

This webinar was recorded on June 18, 2025.

The expiration date for this course is October 6, 2028.

*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients.