Lisa Grisham
Lisa Grisham is a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner with 20+ years of experience in the NICU. Her current responsibilities include comprehensive assessment, management, and development of care plans for neonates and their families. Care is provided to neonates as early as 22 weeks of gestation and as old as 1 year, at our level III NICU with ADC of 32 patients providing cardiac, ECMO, and surgical care. Management of these neonates with common and uncommon diagnoses often includes prematurity, respiratory distress, congenital heart disease, sepsis, gastroschisis, etc. NNP position includes attendance of all high-risk deliveries with resuscitation and stabilization of the newborn. Daily teaching is done with residents, medical students, and nurses, as well as NNP precepting and mentoring with both new graduate NNPs and new hires as needed.
She is the Director of the Family Centered NAS Care Program. NAS or Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome has plagued NICUs across the country for the last 15 years and continues to rise in incidence. As director of this program, she oversees several employees, works with families with substance use disorder, and infants with NAS. I collaborate with community partners and complete antenatal consultations to ensure our expectant mothers are prepared. She oversees the inpatient stay and ensures the infant and family receive the most current and tailored treatment to meet their needs. As part of this program, she conducts quality improvement assessments and research on adjuncts to assist infants and families through their child’s withdrawal. This program has decreased LOS from 23+ days to 6 days, reduced the need for postnatal opioid treatment of NAS by 95%, and decreased costs significantly.
She completed a dual degree (Ph.D. and DNP) at the University of Arizona in May 2025. She started a Postdoctoral Scholar position at Arizona State University in Aug 2025, where she looks forward to continuing to hone her skills as a nurse scientist. She is interested in quality improvement and leadership, and her research focuses on babywearing and neonatal abstinence syndrome.