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- 1From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedTo have your event listed in the Calendar of Events, send your information to: Gus Ostrum, managing editor; Pediatric Nursing; East Holly Avenue/Box 56; Pitman, NJ 08071-0056. Please send your materials at least 4...
- 2From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedPostoperative feeding methods for infants with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) have remained unchanged for several decades. Conventional feeding methods include a prolonged NPO period immediately after...
- 3From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAs soon as you get to work in the morning, there are tasks lined up for you to finish, past due deadlines, and more work to be done than hours in the day to do it! And that's on a good day! It seems that the steeper the...
- 4From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses (NCBPNP/N) is responsible for developing, maintaining, and administering the general pediatric nursing certification examination. A key...
- 5From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe field of pediatric immunizations is growing and changing as new vaccines are becoming available and previous diseases are being eradicated. Due to the complexity and evolution of vaccine-preventable diseases,...
- 6From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedCough is the natural defense mechanism for protection of the respiratory tract. It is used to mobilize and remove secretions from the respiratory tree, moving them from the peripheral to the central airways. Effective...
- 7From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIncreasing cultural and linguistic competence in health care settings is important for several reasons, including: responding to current and projected demographic changes in the United States; eliminating long-standing...
- 8From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis is a Pediatric Management Problem (PMP) designed to test your problem-solving and decision-making abilities. Instructions: Read the PMP below. Then outline how you would assess and manage the problem. Finally,...
- 9From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAutomation from the Picis Critical Care System Improves Health Delivery at Mater Children's Hospital. Mater Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, installed the Picis CareSuite[TM] critical care information...
- 10From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAlthough studies have supported that patient outcomes are substantially improved when health care is based on evidence from well designed studies versus tradition or clinical expertise alone (Melnyk, Fineout-Overholt,...
- 11From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedChildren's growth is an excellent marker of their well-being, since abnormal growth may be an early sign of significant illness. Smaller than normal increases or plateaus in weight, height, or head circumference may be...
- 12From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis is a Critical Care Critical Thinking Problem (CCCTP) designed to test your problem solving and analysis abilities. Instructions: Read the CCCTP below. Then outline how you would assess and expect this patient to...
- 13From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn the past 20 years, nurses have become concerned with children's response to stressors and their ability to cope with them. Humor is one strategy that pediatric nurses can use to help children cope with illness and...
- 14From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDear Colleague, Our lives were irrevocaly changed on September 11, 2001 Last year's conference began a transformation that challenged every person to re-evaluate their priorities, goals, and aspirations and to commit...
- 15From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe media has always had a profound interest in mothers and birth stories. This study examined the difference between media portrayal of "good" mothers and "bad" mothers. Did the media cover potential harm to fetuses...
- 16From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedPurpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a clinically relevant conceptual model of resilience in children based on theoretical relationships between family environment, specific child characteristics, and...
- 17From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBy Fran London, MS, RN 1999 Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins These are undoubtedly difficult times for nurses. Many nurses are overburdened, stressed, burned-out, and frustrated. In times like these,...
- 18From: Pediatric Nursing. (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedVenous access devices (VADs) are being used in the pediatric setting with increasing frequency. To care for these devices, clinicians need to be cognizant of the complications that occur. The two most often encountered...