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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Pediatric Intensive Care"”.
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Skin-Care Team
… PIs at or greater than stage two in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Pressure injury prevention was not a high priority for the nursing staff; nurses were unaware of current PI prevention protocols or the PI prevalence in the PICU.<strong> </strong>The goals are to reduce PIs by …
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Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses : Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Like Symptoms
… just such a critical incident for pre-hospital care personnel (Linton, Webb, & Kommor, 1988). Nurses, as well as emergency physicians and support staff have also been found to experience similar stressors for extended lengths of times (Whitley, 1989; Whitley, Allison, & Gallery, 1991). Horowitz, …
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Off-Hours Admission and Mortality in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
… Critically ill patients may be admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) at any time, while staffing and other factors may vary by day of the week or time of day.
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Factors which influence pediatric intensive care unit nurses to leave their jobs
… as ‘baby boomers’ age and the need for health care grows. Job burnout and dissatisfaction are driving forces that prompt nurses to leave the profession and their jobs. High nurse turnover and vacancy rates are affecting access to health care, and there are correlations between adequate levels …
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Parental State Anxiety as a Function of The Visitation Schedule of Pediatric Intensive Care Units
… the parent whose child had been admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with restricted visiting hours and the state anxiety level of the parent whose child had been admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care unit with unrestricted visiting hours. The 15 parents in each of the two …
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End Tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring in the Acute Post Extubation Period in the Pediatric Intensive Care Setting
<p>Extubation failures in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit setting can be prevented by use of End Tidal C02 monitoring during the acute post extubation period. The primary goal of this project is to increase the use of ETC02 NC over regular NC after extubating patients by 5% quarterly. The …
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The Influence of Context on Utilizing Research Evidence for Pain Management in Jordanian Pediatric Intensive Care Units
… the use of pain management evidence in Jordanian Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs). Purpose: To assess the existence, content, and the factors influencing the use of pain management evidence in Jordanian PICUs. Methods: Three studies were guided by the Promoting Action on Research …
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Supporting Nurse Education in the Implementation of a Pediatric Delirium Assessment Protocol in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
… historically been under studied, more so in the pediatric population, despite its long term effects on patients’ health. The deficit in knowledge of delirium leads to an increase in hospital stays and unnecessary unit expenses. My intention with this change project is to increase the awareness of …
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Outcomes Of A Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Driven Front-Line Care Delivery Model In An Academic Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
… nurse practitioners (NPs) to deliver front-line care to acute and critically ill patients.</p> <p>Objective: To describe the outcomes of a front-line care model that uses certified pediatric acute care NPs, limits work hours and night time and weekend patient-to-provider ratio, on the outcomes of …
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Doctor of nursing practice (DNP) quality improvement (QI) project : implementation of a nurse-driven bedside swallow screening protocol in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
Problem: Pediatric dysphagia is associated with delayed oral intake, prolonged length of stay, and increased risk of complications. In pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), reliance on speech-language pathology (SLP) consultation may delay timely evaluation and intervention. Standardized …
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Nutritional Support of the Critically Ill Pediatric Patient : Foundations and Controversies
… improved nutritional status, thus optimizing the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) stay and decreasing morbidity and mortality. Critical illness is associated with significant metabolic stress. It is crucial to understand the physiological response to stress to create nutritional …
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Education Model for Pediatric Tracheostomy Management: Improving Nursing Knowledge and Confidence
… for nurses and nurse practitioners performing pediatric tracheostomy management in the pediatric intensive care unit, utilizing targeted tracheostomy education.Background: Pediatric tracheostomy prevalence continues to increase in our organization, along with adverse airway events and …
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Distress and Caregiver Appraisal in Pediatric Critical Care Unit Nurses when Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment
… the nursing profession, and society as a whole. Caregiver appraisal, or the cognitive process individuals use to mediate emotional reactions to any situation, may be positive, negative, or neutral. Associations between nurses’ distress and caregiver appraisal when withdrawing life-sustaining …
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Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Based Functional Connectivity Alterations Associated with Delirium in Critically Ill Children: An Exploratory Study
… a prospective observational study in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in London, Ontario, involving 28 children aged 1 month to 18 years. Delirium status was determined using the validated Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium (CAPD) score or based on clinician diagnosis in …
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FUTURE MODEL FOR PEDIATRIC ICU (PICU) PATIENT ROOM: OPTIMIZE CARE IN TERMS OF PATIENT SAFETY AND STAFF EFFICIENCY BY DESIGN
… and spaces in multi-beds patient room in Pediatric Intensive Care Units that could support safe and speedy care delivery. Study Design: This qualitative and quantitative case study is to 1) improve efficiency for care delivery by design (e.g., minimize steps Registered Nurses [RNs] take in …
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Providing Safe Gastric Feedings In Pediatric Patients On High Flow Nasal Cannula Respiratory Support
<p>Purpose: HFNC is used to manage pediatric respiratory distress, but concerns aboutgastric air insufflation and aspiration risk lead to delayed feedings. There is no standardized practice guiding gastric feedings in children on HFNC. This project developed and implemented a decision tree to guide …
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Real-time analysis of physiological data and development of alarm algorithms for patient monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit
… collected while using this system. In a standard pediatric intensive care unit, a working prototype of this system has helped collect a dataset of 196 hours of vital sign measurements at 1 Hz with 325 alarms generated by the bedside monitor and 2 instances of false negatives. About 89% of these …
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Clinical features and outcome of patients with severe lower respiratory tract infection admitted to a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in the Western Cape, South Africa
… the clinical features of children admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with severe ALRTI and to investigate risk factors, clinical course and in-hospital outcome. Design: Retrospective cohort study Setting: Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa …
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Targeting Airway Microbiome Dysbiosis for Preventing Pediatric Subglottic Stenosis
Subglottic stenosis (SGS) is a significant health care complication following intubation in pediatric intensive care units. In the United States, SGS impacts nearly 8% of over 20,000 early-term patients annually, leading to comorbidities such as congenital heart disease and central nervous system …
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MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN:LONGITUDINAL BODY COMPOSITION ASSESSMENT, INFLAMMATORY MARKERS, AND FATTY ACIDS PROFILE
… be hospitalised and, in some cases, admitted to pediatric intensive care units. A high risk of malnutrition was detected in children hospitalised for long periods. In addition, omega-3 fatty acids (ω-3 FA) were used in conjunction with drug therapy in adults hospitalised for Covid-19 to improve …
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