Search query:

Filter by date

Results 1 - 10 of 15 Search Tips

Parental satisfaction with paediatric intensive care

01 September 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Literature reviews, parental consultation and multi-disciplinary input informed the development of a questionnaire to evaluate parental satisfaction with a regional...

Psychological support for nurses on paediatric intensive care units

29 October 2011

Nursing Children and Young People

General

Nurses on paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) are particularly vulnerable to emotional exhaustion and burnout due to critical incidents in the workplace. This...

Advanced practice in paediatric intensive care: a review

10 February 2009

Paediatric Nursing

General

Advanced nursing roles are one way of encouraging experienced nurses to stay in clinical practice so they can provide expert care, develop practice and be role...

A care bundle for management of central venous catheters

05 May 2007

Paediatric Nursing

CPD

Central venous catheters (CVCs) are an essential tool in paediatric intensive care, providing a means to monitor patient haemodynamics and to administer fluids,...

Care of the infant with inherent metabolic disease

01 May 2008

Paediatric Nursing

CPD

Early detection and prompt management of metabolic crisis are crucial to favourable outcomes in the infant with an inherent metabolic disease for which treatment is...

Developing clinical guidelines in eye care for intensive care units

31 May 2011

Nursing Children and Young People

General

It is common for children in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) to have impaired ocular defence mechanisms. The authors discovered inconsistencies in eye care...

Noise levels in PICU: an evaluative study

01 December 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

High levels of noise in the hospital environment can have an impact on patients and staff increasing both recovery time and stress respectively. When our...

Early warning tools to identify children at risk of deterioration: a discussion

01 October 2004

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Being able to identify children at risk of clinical deterioration in ward settings and facilitate a timely referral to intensive care is clearly important....

Preventing bone fractures in immobile children

01 March 2004

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Evidence-based practice is a method of problem solving which involves identifying a clinical problem, searching the literature, evaluating the research evidence and...

Going it alone: the beginning of a nurse-led retrieval service

01 September 2010

Paediatric Nursing

Care

Training for experienced paediatric intensive care nurses to work as retrieval nurse practitioners is being offered by the South Thames Retrieval Service. To date,...