Download or read book Nurses Perspectives on Working with Families in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit PICU written by Ashleigh Butler and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family centred care (FCC) is considered a core concept in paediatric nursing. Despite significant research into FCC in a general paediatric environment, limited research has been conducted in a paediatric intensive care (PICU) setting, with no prior research examining nurses' perceptions in a mixed adult/paediatric unit. This study addressed the question "What is it like for registered nurses who work in a mixed adult/paediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to work with families of critically ill children?" A descriptive qualitative design was utilised to explore nurses' perceptions. Ethics approval was gained from both the health facility and Monash University. The study setting was a 26 bed mixed adult/paediatric ICU, with 6 dedicated paediatric beds but no nurses employed exclusively in the PICU. Five registered nurses from the PICU participated in individual semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Member checks, peer review and the development of a reflexive audit trail were utilised to enhance the rigour of the study. Data analysis elicited three interrelated themes - Role delineation and confusion,Information sharing and The PICU environment - and one overarching theme - Competing Values. The findings identified that FCC was not universally espoused as an important philosophy and was not readily translated into the nurses' practices. A theory-practice gap was revealed in relation to the concepts of FCC. The findings suggest that this gap can be addressed through policy, education and practice. Highlighted is the need for FCC education, both for nurses and medical staff, and a written policy to guide staff in their daily practice and facilitate a change in culture towards provision of FCC.
Download or read book Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing written by Michaela Dixon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The needs of critically ill children are unique and highly specialized. Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing is an essential manual of care and an invaluable resource to all those involved in the care of critically ill children and young people. Covering all the key aspects of pediatric intensive care, it is a fully comprehensive textbook which provides an evidence-based and up-to-date guide for all nurses who work with critically ill children. Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing is divided into four user-friendly sections: The first section looks at the general background of paediatric intensive care Section two employs a systems approach, with each chapter focusing on a specific disease and following the same framework. This includes treating children with cardiac conditions, acute neurological dysfunction, musculoskeletal injuries and gastrointestinal and endocrine conditions Section three looks at the essential care of managing pain relief, transportation needs and treating wounds The final section explores the holistic aspects of nursing - nutrition and fluid management, infection control issues, safeguarding children and spirituality and bereavement Written by a team of experts in the field, Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing is indispensable reading for nurses and health care professionals working with critically ill children.
Download or read book Nurses and Mothers Views about Sibling Visitation in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit written by Janet N. McMorris and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kids in Crisis written by Tabitha B. Abel and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KIDS IN CRISIS -Pediatric ICU 101 is the first book in a 3-part memoir featuring stories of the team of caregivers, pediatric patients and their families whose lives converge in a busy, pediatric intensive care unit (PICU or PedsICU) in Inland Valley Children's Hospital, a fictitious setting for happenings in various PICUs and pediatric floors. Tabitha, an experienced PICU nurse, tells the stories. Names of patients, colleagues and some details have been changed to preserve their identity. The books are educational but not clinical textbooks. They are written from a human-interest perspective for professionals interacting with critically ill children. A glossary of terms provides simple descriptors for non-medically minded readers.Tabitha's writing reflects her British heritage. She incorporates short stories from her childhood, as a parent and student, and as a Christian. She is bold and tells it like it is and yet also believes that miracles happen in PICUs. She discusses the psychological impact of critical hospitalizations and of choices that parents are forced to make. Tabitha's writing cannot be called stodgy.KIDS IN CRISIS -Pediatric ICU 101 reveals the behind-the-scene workings of a Pediatric ICU, what is expected of PICU nurses and how they deal with crises. What draws them to this stressful environment where children do not always survive, and how does the team of care providers interact on a daily basis? At times, a unique, amusing side of situations pop into what might appear to be sad or dire. KIDS IN CRISIS -Pediatric ICU 101 is an introduction to the life of nurses and the team of health professionals who choose to work in a PICU and enjoy being a part of a well-oiled, compassionate team who are committed to bring about the best outcome for critically ill children where, at times, the presence of God can be felt.The two other books, KIDS IN CRISIS -PICU Kids, Our Heroes and KIDS IN CRISIS -Families in Crisis, recount real stories of incredible (and challenging) kids (and families), life and death decisions, miracle healings, dealing with loss, working with difficult parents and being wowed by parents who would happily give their lives in exchange for their child's. Readers will experience the whole gamut of emotions -so be prepared.
Download or read book Kids in Crisis written by Tabitha B C Abel Drph and published by . This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KIDS IN CRISIS -PICU Kids, Our Heroes tells of the happenings behind the doors of the Pediatric ICU at Inland Valley Children's Hospital in southern California. Tabitha, the author, is an experienced PICU nurse and part of the Team providing advanced medical care to many children who are admitted to the floor as Transports from nearby hospitals, or through the ER.The second book in her memoir about Pediatric ICU describes the challenges Team members, their patients -Our Heroes, and their families face. Sometimes miracles happen, sometimes it is a long hard road to recovery and sometimes death becomes inevitable. Tabitha discusses the matter of luck and consequences and how some kids endure long periods of time in PICU or have lives filled with medical challenges. How do the Team comfort families going through the worst time of their lives and losing the battle -and their child? When is an accident really an accident, and when is it a consequence?PICU Kids, Our Heroes is an educational resource for medical personnel involved in the care of critically ill children and for support staff and families who have experienced such challenging experiences. It is not an easy read because every question does not have an answer and because some answers are not what one wants to hear.By reading KIDS IN CRISIS -PICU Kids, Our Heroes, readers will better understand the difficulties all people involved in the stories face, no matter which side of the bed they are on. With this knowledge, perhaps future admissions will be avoided or possibly the new information will bring people into the arena of caring for critically ill children who previously had no idea as to what goes on in a Pediatric ICU.
Download or read book Pediatric Intensive Care Nursing An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America E Book written by Melissa Nunn and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2023-08-04 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, guest editor Dr. Melissa Nunn, Instructor of Clinical Nursing at LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing, brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Pediatric Intensive Care Nursing. Top experts in the field present systematic, evidence-based processes for decision making and care, addressing topics such as palliative communication in the PICU; dialysis care in the PICU; caring for hematology/oncology emergencies in the PICU; nurse-led rounds in the PICU; asthma care protocol implementation in the PICU; and more. Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including acute pain management protocols in the PICU; kangaroo care implementation; unplanned extubations in the PICU; pediatric delirium screening in the ICU; battling alarm fatigue within the PICU; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on pediatric intensive care nursing, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Download or read book TEXTBOOK OF PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE NURSING written by Manipal College of Nursing and published by CBS Publishers & Distributors Private Limited. This book was released on with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book aims to serve as a textbook for nursing students, and as a guide/reference for the nurses involved in the care of critically ill children. The book has complete information on the management of pediatric emergencies and managing a child in pediatric critical care unit. It will also be a good source of information for the nurse educators/teachers in pediatric nursing.
Download or read book From the Inside Out written by Paula R. Mahon and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this study is to examine key features within the cultural context in a Canadian Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) environment as experienced by nurses, and to identify what these influences are and how they shape nurses' intentions to remain at critically ill children's bed-sides for the duration of their careers. This is a qualitative study which follows a critical ethnographic approach. Over 20 hours of observation and face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted. Approximately one third of the nursing population at the research site PICU were interviewed (N=31). Participants describe a complex process of becoming an expert PICU nurse that involved several stages. By the time participants became experts in this PICU they believed they had significantly narrowed the power imbalance that exists between nursing and medicine. This study illuminates the role both formal and informal education plays in breaking the power barrier for nurses in the PICU. This level of expertise and mutual respect between professions aids in retaining nurses in the PICU. The lack of autonomy and/or respect shown to nurses by administrators appears to be one of the major stressors in nurses' working lives and can lead to attrition from the PICU. Family Centred Care (FCC) is practiced in paediatrics and certainly accentuated in the PICU as there is usually only one patient assigned per nurse, who thus afforded the time to provide comprehensive care to both the child and the family. This is considered one of the satisfiers for nurses in the PICU and tends to encourage retention of nurses in the PICU. However, FCC was found to be an inadequate term to truly encompass the type of holistic care provided by nurses in the PICU.
Download or read book Attending to Values at Stake when a Child is Dying written by Stephanie Avery and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Existing literature has identified that health care providers significantly shape the experiences of parents at the end-of-life in the pediatric intensive care unit. However, there is a gap in the literature of the specific nursing influence on parental experiences of a child's death in this context. Employing the interpretive descriptive methodology, this qualitative study was designed to explore parents' moral experiences of nursing care at the end-of-life in the pediatric intensive care unit, and was analyzed through a lens of nursing ethics. Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eleven parents (six mothers and five fathers) of six children who died in a pediatric intensive care unit at a university-affiliated tertiary hospital in Eastern Canada. Study results revealed close connections between parents' abilities to meaningfully parent a child through their death and the nursing care that they received at the end-of-life, and highlighted the varying helpful guiding roles that nurses adopted at different moments in parental experiences. Results also indicated that parents attributed immense value to feeling that nurses cared-for-and-about their child and the parents themselves, since this made parents feel that their child's death mattered to the nurses whom they had formed relationships with. This study enhances our understanding of the individualized nature of parents' moral experiences of nursing care at the end-of-life in the pediatric intensive care unit, and study results suggest implications for nursing practice, education, and research.
Download or read book Families in the Intensive Care Unit written by Giora Netzer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is one of the first comprehensive resources on understanding and working with families in the intensive care unit. The text provides a conceptual overview of the Family ICU Syndrome, a constellation of physical morbidity, psychopathology, cognitive deficits, and conflict. Outlining its mechanisms, the book presents a guide to combating the syndrome with an interdisciplinary team. The text represents the full array of the interdisciplinary team by also spotlighting administrative considerations for health care management and approaches to training different members of the health care team. Family voices are featured prominently in the text as well. The book also addresses the complete trajectory of needs of care, including survivorship and end-of-life care. Written by experts in the field, Families in the Intensive Care Unit: A Guide to Understanding, Engaging and Supporting at the Bedside is a state-of-the-art reference for all clinicians who work with families in the ICU.
Download or read book Children and Their Families written by Vicky R. Bowden and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2010 with total page 1759 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children and Their Families: The Continuum of Care provides a unique interdisciplinary perspective that underscores the nurse's role in planning, coordinating, and working with all members of a pediatric health care team. It shows students how to make critical judgments and assessments to manage the care of children in a variety of community settings, including homes, schools, and medical centers. From infancy through adolescence, this text thoroughly covers the health promotion, surveillance, and maintenance needs of children. In this edition, threaded case studies follow a community of pediatric clients and continue throughout the chapter to show the interrelated dynamics of pediatric nursing care. A companion Website includes journal articles, NCLEX®-style chapter review questions, a Spanish-English audio glossary, Watch and Learn videos, a fluids and electrolytes tutorial, and much more.
Download or read book Perceived Barriers to Caring for Children with Families Having a Difficult Time Coping written by Christina M. Finnerty-Both and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family centered Care written by Society of Pediatric Nurses and published by American Nurses Association. This book was released on 2003 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-developed by the Society of Pediatric Nurses and the American Nurses Association, this practice-focused handbook is built around family-centered care. This FCC model and standard of pediatric healthcare practice focuses on the child within the context of the child's family as a unit, not on the ill or injured child alone. As such, it applies to the care of children and their families across settings and across specialties of neonatal, child, and adolescent healthcare. Evidence-based in its comprehensive literature search and grounded in an expansive concept of family, this guide is a primary reference for any administrator, clinician, educator, or researcher involved in pediatric health care. It is organized by the eight elements of family-centered care as originally described by the Association for the Care of Children's Health (see below) and accompanying practice recommendations. This guide was developed with the assistance of panel of pediatric experts convened by the Society of Pediatric Nurses and input from the Institute for Family-Centered Care. It complements Scope and Standards of Pediatric Nursing Practice, also co-published by SPN and ANA.
Download or read book The Parenting Role in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit written by Margaret Bresing Bils and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parents Experience of the Transition with Their Child from a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit PICU to the Hospital Ward written by Kristyn M. Berube and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Children in Intensive Care written by Joanna H. Davies and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lightweight, pocket guide to pediatric intensive care that covers all aspects of the subject by body systems, with normal values given on the inside covers. Extra information is provided on equipment needed in a pediatric emergency and there are helpful hints on managing children with various conditions.
Download or read book Patients Come Second written by Spiegelman Paul and published by Incorporated Original. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans enjoy the finest healthcare delivery system in the world, but most people will tell you that we still have a long way to go. Far too frequently, patients leave the doctor's office or hospital feeling confused, angry, or neglected. Healthcare leaders recognize this problem, but in their focus on patients (and sometimes financials), they often overlook the true key to lasting patient loyalty and satisfaction: their employees. Patients Come Second shakes up the traditional healthcare model, arguing that in order to care for and retain patients, leaders must first create exceptional teams and find ways to engage nurses, administrative staff, physicians, supervisors, and even housekeeping staff and switchboard operators. By connecting employees' work with a higher purpose and equipping them with the tools to become leaders themselves, patient care can be dramatically transformed. And with continuing healthcare changes on the horizon and ever-rising pressure to acquire and keep patients, doing so now is more important than ever. Britt Berrett, president of an 898-bed hospital, and Paul Spiegelman, founder and CEO of a successful patient-experience company, are the perfect guides to the changes needed in healthcare leadership. With a rich combined experience in their field, they have filled each chapter with an abundance of engaging, insightful stories and write with a humor and friendliness that balances and enhances the urgency of their message.
