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Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North... Sep 2023Pediatric critical care nursing is a key pillar in patient care and outcomes for children who are ill and injured. Tremendous advances have occurred in pediatric... (Review)
Review
Pediatric critical care nursing is a key pillar in patient care and outcomes for children who are ill and injured. Tremendous advances have occurred in pediatric critical care and nursing. This article provides an overview of the key advances in pediatric critical care nursing through the decades.
Topics: Child; Humans; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; Critical Care Nursing; Critical Care; Critical Illness; Pediatric Nursing
PubMed: 37532380
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2023.04.001 -
MCN. the American Journal of Maternal...Professional organizations have a long and rich history of promoting leadership development since the late 1800s. Professional nursing organizations and associations... (Review)
Review
BACKGROUND
Professional organizations have a long and rich history of promoting leadership development since the late 1800s. Professional nursing organizations and associations advocate for the profession of nursing and nurses, develop health care policies and standards that ensure the highest level of patient care quality, assure the highest level of education, provide professional development and continuing education, and offer research, networking, and career advancement opportunities for their members. Currently there are 10 nationally based pediatric nursing specialty organizations and associations, most of which also have regional or local chapters.
PURPOSE
To use a scoping review to identify and summarize contributions of pediatric nursing organizations and associations in the United States to leadership development in pediatric nursing practice.
RESULTS
Although there are leadership programs sponsored by professional nursing organizations and mentions of leadership in their mission and "about us" statements, there is very little empirical evidence of the contributions that pediatric nursing specialty bodies make to the development of leaders.
CONCLUSIONS
Membership in a professional nursing organization provides nurses with professional development; continuing education including journal subscription and conference attendance; networking; opportunities for specialty certification, career advancement, and leadership development; and research-based clinical standards and guidelines that promote best practice. The relationship between membership in pediatric professional organizations and leadership is clear in mission statements and strategic plans. Nurse leaders play a key role in advancing the organization's mission and goals. Nursing faculty, practice executives, and professional organizations and associations have an obligation to demonstrate value of membership in advancing the profession and developing future leaders. Future research is needed to describe the contributions of pediatric nursing professional organizations to leadership development of nurses.
Topics: Child; Humans; Leadership; Pediatric Nursing; Societies; United States
PubMed: 35857021
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000860 -
Journal of Pediatric Nursing 2022Trauma is not limited to medical trauma and includes chronic stressors, toxic stress, adverse childhood events, abuse, and now the COVID-19 pandemic. Principles of... (Review)
Review
BACKGROUND
Trauma is not limited to medical trauma and includes chronic stressors, toxic stress, adverse childhood events, abuse, and now the COVID-19 pandemic. Principles of trauma-informed care and resiliency guide pediatric nursing care across the life span from birth to adolescence. Trauma-informed care principles are pertinent to the nursing care needs of healthy and ill children from infancy to adolescence across care settings.
METHODS
The purpose of this integrative literature review (IRL) is to elucidate evidence-based practices for pediatric nurses specific to trauma, trauma-informed principles, and the integration of these principles to care. Using Whittemore and Knafl's (2005) methodology, this IRL presents empirical literature to operationalize trauma-informed care for the pediatric nurse through 1) identification of the problem; 2) literature search; 3) data evaluation; 4) data analysis; 5) result presentation.
FINDINGS
Results are presented in a contemporary framework by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2018) of trauma-awareness for the pediatric nurse, trauma-informed principles, and the integration of these principles to care. Pediatric nurses are in a unique position to offer trauma-informed care by recognizing and managing trauma to include chronic stressors, toxic stress, adverse childhood experiences, and abuse.
DISCUSSION
Pediatric nurses today are caring for patients in a complex and diverse healthcare climate amid the world's worst public health pandemic in living memory. Awareness of trauma, assessment of trauma in pediatrics, and health and resiliency promotion are critical in moving forward post-pandemic. The overview of trauma-informed care provides a guide for the pediatric nurse.
Topics: Adolescent; COVID-19; Child; Humans; Nurses, Pediatric; Pandemics; Pediatric Nursing; SARS-CoV-2
PubMed: 34798581
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2021.11.003 -
Journal of Pediatric Nursing 2021
Topics: Child; Delphi Technique; Health Priorities; Humans; Nursing Research; Pediatric Nursing
PubMed: 33309512
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2020.11.017 -
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North... Jun 2024
Topics: Humans; Neonatal Nursing; Infant, Newborn
PubMed: 38705696
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2023.12.004 -
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Jun 2021Highlight examples of pediatric oncology nursing's accomplishments during the past 2 decades with attention to specialized practice, patient/family education,...
OBJECTIVE
Highlight examples of pediatric oncology nursing's accomplishments during the past 2 decades with attention to specialized practice, patient/family education, research/evidence-based practice, and advocacy and how these efforts can be leveraged to reduce disparities in the cure and care of children and adolescents with cancer.
DATA SOURCES
Review of currently published literature, guidelines, and websites documenting pediatric oncology nursing's contributions.
CONCLUSION
Over the past 20 years, the collective work of pediatric oncology nurses across the world has improved the care of children with cancer and their families and brought attention to areas of disparities.
IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE
Although work remains to reduce disparities, current evidence from nursing science and practice is available to address disparities and guide advocacy efforts for children and their families as well as the nurses who care for them.
Topics: Adolescent; Child; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Medical Oncology; Neoplasms; Oncology Nursing; Pediatric Nursing
PubMed: 34140191
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2021.151165 -
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing Jun 2023We studied the views of nursing students on family-centered care (FCC) and their knowledge, opinions, self-rated competence, current practice, and perceived...
PURPOSE
We studied the views of nursing students on family-centered care (FCC) and their knowledge, opinions, self-rated competence, current practice, and perceived implementation barriers with regard to trauma-informed pediatric nursing care.
METHODS
This survey was a descriptive correlational study. The sample consisted of 261 nursing students, 3rd and 4th years, who had completed the Child Health and Diseases Nursing Course. The data were obtained using the "Student Information Form," "Family-Centered Care Attitude Scale," and "trauma-informed care (TIC) Provider Survey."
RESULTS
Nursing students were knowledgeable and held favorable opinions about TIC. The survey showed that students with higher levels and those with a hospitalization experience during childhood had higher scores regarding TIC. A positive relationship was found between the students' TIC to mean score and FCC attitude mean score.
CONCLUSIONS
Nursing students are not competent to practice TIC, especially with pediatric patients. Therefore, they need to develop relevant skills for helping pediatric patients.
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS
Efforts to improve nursing students' trauma-informed pediatric care should highlight specific skills related to helping pediatric patients manage emotional responses to difficult medical experiences. By integrating TIC into the baccalaureate curricula, nursing educators can provide the students with appropriate skills and facilities so that they can provide holistic and highly effective care to highly vulnerable patients.
Topics: Students, Nursing; Pediatric Nursing; Family Nursing; Humans; Hospitalization; Psychological Trauma; Attitude of Health Personnel; Patients; Holistic Nursing; Child; Male; Female; Clinical Competence; Surveys and Questionnaires
PubMed: 37197854
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2023.04.012 -
Comprehensive Child and Adolescent... Mar 2023Children's nurses in African pediatric settings are often responsible for leading practice improvements. There is a shortage of contextually relevant guidance to inform... (Review)
Review
Children's nurses in African pediatric settings are often responsible for leading practice improvements. There is a shortage of contextually relevant guidance to inform the design of practice improvement projects in African care settings. Distinctive features of children's nursing practice in Africa include high levels of family caregiver involvement, and organizational and professional cultures which value participation. While established practice improvement methods offer many strengths, methods developed in other geographies should not be adopted uncritically. Our purpose in undertaking this review was to inform selection of methods for a multi-center practice improvement project in Africa. Our aim was to identify types of participatory methods used to improve and develop pediatric nursing practice. We used the PRISMA-ScR method to conduct a scoping review to identify published reports of participatory methods used to improve and develop pediatric nursing practice. We undertook structured searches of five bibliographic databases to identify articles. Only articles written in the English language were included and no limitation was applied to publication date. We identified 7,406 titles and abstracts. After screening, 76 articles met the inclusion criteria. A wide range of participatory methodologies were identified; just under half (n = 34) reported on methods that were not recognized or named methodologies but can be described as collaborative in nature. Plan-do-study-act cycles were reported in 22 articles. There was considerable heterogeneity in frameworks, practical tools and/or nursing models on which the participatory methods were based and there was no apparent relationship between these and the choice of participatory methods. The outcomes identified were also heterogenous in nature and were grouped according to whether they improved structure and/or processes and patient outcomes. Most of the included articles stem from high-income countries with little evidence from low-middle-income countries and none in African settings. Less than half of the included articles involved family caregivers in their practice improvement methodologies. This review highlights the need for greater application of formalized methods for practice improvement and improved rigor and consistency in reporting outcomes. There is also a need to formalize participatory practice improvement methodologies specifically suited to Africa's context of children's nursing.
Topics: Child; Humans; Caregivers; Pediatric Nursing
PubMed: 36630534
DOI: 10.1080/24694193.2022.2153945 -
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North... Sep 2023
Topics: Child; Humans; Critical Care Nursing; Forecasting; Critical Care; Pediatric Nursing; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
PubMed: 37532389
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2023.05.004 -
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North... Mar 2024
Topics: Infant, Newborn; Humans; Neonatal Nursing; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Evidence-Based Medicine
PubMed: 38296379
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2023.11.009