Eat, Sleep, Console Toolkit
Evidence Based Practice
The ESC method’s sole principle is that the treatment of the infant (both non-pharm and pharmacologic treatment) should be based on infant function and comfort, rather than reducing signs and symptoms of withdrawal. The ESC Care Tool only documents items key to the functioning of the infant – specifically, the infant’s ability to eat effectively, sleep, and be consoled within a reasonable amount of time.
Recent studies show that the ESC method:
- Supports infants and mothers rooming-in together during infant hospitalization
- Focuses on non-pharmacologic treatments
- Increases breastfeeding rates
- Decreases pharmacologic treatment and duration of treatment
- Decreases the average length of stay (LOS)
Developed by a collaborative effort between faculty at Yale, Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, and Boston Medical Center
Webinars/Videos
American Academy of Pediatrics Webinar
Novel Tools for Caring for Infants with NAS: The Eat, Sleep, Console Experience
Evidence Based Practice Brief – Eat, Sleep, Console
Eat, Sleep, Console – Carillion Roanoke
ESC Transitional Nursery Video
Eat Sleep Console VCU Children’s Hospital
Eat Sleep Console Instruction Manual
Eating, Sleeping, Consoling (ESC) Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Care Tool
Forms/Assessments/Checklists
Eat, Sleep, Console functional assessment, IRR Tool and Newborn Care Diary
Eating, Sleeping, Consoling (ESC) Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Care Tool