Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Children in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 1149-1153
Author(s):  
Amanda Kolmar ◽  
Rémi M. Hueckel ◽  
Arif Kamal ◽  
Mindy Dickerman
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Living with Dying in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Nursing Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 350-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie Stayer ◽  
Joan Such Lockhart
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Units ◽  
Personal Support ◽  
Life Threatening

Background Despite reported challenges encountered by nurses who provide palliative care to children, few researchers have examined this phenomenon from the perspective of nurses who care for children with life-threatening illnesses in pediatric intensive care units. Objectives To describe and interpret the essence of the experiences of nurses in pediatric intensive care units who provide palliative care to children with life-threatening illnesses and the children’s families. Methods A hermeneutic phenomenological study was conducted with 12 pediatric intensive care unit nurses in the northeastern United States. Face-to-face interviews and field notes were used to illuminate the experiences. Results Five major themes were detected: journey to death; a lifelong burden; and challenges delivering care, maintaining self, and crossing boundaries. These themes were illuminated by 12 subthemes: the emotional impact of the dying child, the emotional impact of the child’s death, concurrent grieving, creating a peaceful ending, parental burden of care, maintaining hope for the family, pain, unclear communication by physicians, need to hear the voice of the child, remaining respectful of parental wishes, collegial camaraderie and support, and personal support. Conclusion Providing palliative care to children with life-threatening illnesses was complex for the nurses. Findings revealed sometimes challenging intricacies involved in caring for dying children and the children’s families. However, the nurses voiced professional satisfaction in providing palliative care and in support from colleagues. Although the nurses reported collegial camaraderie, future research is needed to identify additional supportive resources that may help staff process and cope with death and dying.

scholarly journals Diagnostic considerations regarding pediatric delirium: a review and a proposal for an algorithm for pediatric intensive care units

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 1843-1849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan N. M. Schieveld ◽  
Judith A. van der Valk ◽  
Inge Smeets ◽  
Eline Berghmans ◽  
Renske Wassenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Units

scholarly journals An outbreak due to a norovirus GII.Pe-GII.4 Sydney_2012 recombinant in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-93
Author(s):  
Lays P.B. Volpini ◽  
Débora M.P.G. Barreira ◽  
Priscila L. da Silva Almeida ◽  
Liliana C. Spano
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Units
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