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effectiveness of a clinical practice guideline quality improvement (QI) project to decrease the incidence of skin breakdown in children hospitalized in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (PCICU); (d) exploring experienced pediatric nurses’ use of nonpharmacological approaches for pain relief in hospitalized children in Norway; (e) describing parent-reported sleep disturbances and behavior problems in school-age children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), as compared with typically developing, healthy children; (f) identifying levels of fatigue in children, adolescents, and young adults receiving care in acute care and ambulatory care outpatient settings at a university-affiliated, tertiary care children’s hospital; (g) describing and evaluating the use of a memory book intervention for grief and loss recovery in orphaned children living at two children’s homes in South Africa; (h) exploring the relationships among health literacy, social support, self-efficacy, and interpersonal interactions with health care providers (HCPs) in low-income Latina mothers; (i) exploring the experiences of parents of premature infants with transportation from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at a university hospital to NICUs at two local hospitals in Norway; (j) examining pediatric nurses’ grief experiences and the relationships among children’s deaths, burnout, and job satisfaction; (k) reviewing an experimental fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) investigational biologic drug therapy in pediatric patients diagnosed with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and
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• A retrospective, 2:1 case control design study was conducted to evaluate the current practice of maintaining PICC line patency in pediatric patients (b 1 year to 21 years) with heart failure (N = 33) receiving continuous inotropic support with CLDH, compared to those who did not receive heparin (Giangregorio, Mott, Tong, Handa, Gauvreau, & Connor, 2014). Children in the cohort who received CLDH (n = 22) were compared to children who did not receive heparin (n = 11) before practice change implementation. Although no statistically significant differences were found between groups for duration of patency (number of days) and need for thrombolytic agents, clinically significant differences were noted. Median duration of patency for the children in the heparin cohort was 24 days, compared to 16 days for the children who did not receive heparin support.
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• The effectiveness of a commercially available PIV (StatLock) stabilization device and the rate of complications was evaluated in comparison with standard sterile transparent dressing in hospitalized children (2 to 17 years, N = 80) using a two-group, quasi-experimental design (Laudenbach, Braun, Klaverkamp, & HedmanDennis, 2014). No statistically significant differences were found between comparison groups [stabilization device group (n = 36); taping group (n = 44)] in relation to PIV complication rates, although 22.5% (n = 18) of the children experienced PIV complications [stabilization device group (n = 8); taping group (n = 10)].
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Further, use of thrombolytic agents was less for those who received heparin (28%) compared with children who did not (50%). Interestingly, significant differences between groups were found for emergent admissions, accounting for 64% admissions of the heparin group and 36% of the control group (p = 01), reflecting a change in practice to encourage pediatric patients to stay at home until admission was absolutely emergent. Findings from this study demonstrated clinically significant differences between children with heart failure with PICC who received CLDH compared to those who did not.
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Further, there were no statistically significant differences between the stabilization device and standard taping groups for age, PIV placement site, and administration of medications. Interestingly, the mean duration time of PIV placement for children was relatively brief (1.5 days) and may indicate that the use of a stabilization device is unwarranted for shortterm PIVs in children. • A QI project was evaluated through chart review to determine the effectiveness of a clinical practice guideline
to decrease the incidence of skin breakdown in children (N = 200) hospitalized in the PCICU (Kiss & Heiler, 2014). The QI project was designed to determine the effectiveness of a pediatric skin integrity clinical practice guideline by comparing pre-implementation (n = 100) and 6-month post-implementation (n = 100) through random chart review of children who were patients in the PCICU. No significant differences were found for identified risk factors. A significant decrease in skin breakdown was found for children post-implementation of the practice guideline (p b .0422), with those admitted prior to guideline implementation 1.35 times more likely to have skin breakdown. Logistic regression analysis indicated significant differences after implementation of the protocol (p b .0389) and length of intubation (p b .0156), with a decreased incidence of skin breakdown from 41% to 18%. • Qualitative focus groups were used to explore and describe experienced pediatric nurses’ (N = 14) use of non-pharmacological approaches for pain relief in hospitalized children in Norway (Svendsen & Bjørk, 2014). Findings revealed that experienced pediatric nurses focused on establishing a relationship and building cooperation with the child, especially during painful invasive procedures. Establishing cooperation with the child was identified as essential for nurses during painful invasive procedures. Three non-pharmacological approaches for pain relief were identified as the most frequent methods: (a) encouraging, connecting and maintaining a positive attitude (most comprehensive approach); (b) giving the child control over the situation; (c) moving focus away from the situation.
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Moreover, these experienced pediatric nurses stressed that cooperation represented the opposite of restraint during painful invasive procedures, and the use of distraction could be unsafe because it threatened future cooperation by the child. Thus, it is important to allow adequate time in clinical practice to establish cooperation with the child for maximum benefit of non-pharmacological approaches for pain relief.
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• Sleep disturbances and behavior problems in school-age children (6 to 11 years) with JIA (n = 70) as identified by parent-report were compared with typically developing, healthy children (n = 46), using a descriptive, correlational design (Ward, Sonney, Ringold, Stockfish, Wallace, & Landis, 2014). Significant associations were found for overall mean sleep disturbances with externalizing behavior problems (r = .32, p b .001) and internalizing behavior problems (r = .22, p b .02). A linear regression model was significant in predicting parent-reported externalizing behavior problems, explaining 7% of the variance (p b .001), after controlling for age, study group, medications, joint pain, and overall sleep disturbances. The regression model testing prediction of internalizing behavior problems was not significant (p b .20). Parent-reported
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• The experiences of parents (N = 11 families; 11 mothers and 9 fathers) of premature infants (median 28 weeks gestation) with transportation from the NICU at a university hospital to NICUs at two local hospitals in Norway were explored in a descriptive qualitative study (Granrud, Ludvigsen, & Andershed, 2014). Parent interviews about their experiences associated with transportation from the NICU were described by the main theme, living in uncertainty about whether the baby will survive, with three categories: (a) being distanced from the baby, (b) fearing that something would happen to the baby during transportation, and (c) experiencing closeness to the baby. Moreover, parents experienced multiple transitions, including developmental, situational, and health-illness transitions. • Pediatric nurses (N = 120) were surveyed to examine the relationships among grief experiences from children’s deaths, burnout, and job satisfaction using a cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational design study (Adwan, 2014). Pediatric nurses’ grief was significantly associated with greater emotional exhaustion (burnout) (r = .38, p b .001), fewer personal accomplishments (burnout), (r = − .244, p b .009), and greater depersonalization (burnout) (r = .192, p b .042), as well as less job satisfaction (r = − .29, p b .002). In multiple regression analyses, pediatric nurses’ guilt related to grief over patients’ deaths explained 7% of the variance in personal accomplishments (burnout) (p = .003); while job satisfaction and grief-existential tension explained 31% of the variance in pediatric nurses’ emotional exhaustion (burnout).
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predicted maternal perception of the child’s HCP’s ability to elicit and respond to her concerns (p b .013), explaining 14.5% of the variance (p b .007). Thus, interventions focused on improving maternal self-efficacy among lowincome Latina mothers may have a positive influence on child health outcomes.
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sleep disturbances were greater in children with JIA compared to healthy children, although these differences were not statistically significant. • A point-prevalence audit survey was conducted to identify levels of fatigue in children, adolescents, and young adults (5 to 26 years) (N = 354) who received care in nine acute care units and 11 ambulatory care outpatient settings at a university-affiliated, tertiary care children’s hospital (McCabe & Branowicki, 2014). Sixty-six percent (n = 234) of the total sample reported significant levels of fatigue and 60% reported high levels of tiredness; 75% of adolescents reported high levels of fatigue. When compared to published data from healthy and chronically ill peers, the children, adolescents, and young adults in this sample reported higher levels of fatigue. Thus, it is critical for pediatric health care providers to evaluate fatigue in their patients. • A qualitative, phenomenological approach was used to describe and evaluate the use of a memory book intervention for grief and loss recovery in orphaned children living at two Christian-based children’s homes in South Africa (Braband, Faris, & Wilson-Anderson, 2014). Qualitative focus groups were conducted with orphaned children (N = 22) and three care providers. Orphaned children (10 to 18 years; 16 female and 6 male) had worked on their memory books (including photos, drawings of themselves and families, written descriptions, mementos, and correspondence with sponsors, letter, and cards) for up to 7 years. Five major themes were identified by the children through their memory books in rank order: identity, relationships, emotion, coping, and hope. The memory book intervention provided children the opportunity to have adult-guided interactions to work through grief and loss to preserve their memories and tell their life stories, as well as demonstrate their capacity for healing, recovery, and hope for the future. • The relationships among health literacy, social support, self-efficacy, and interpersonal interactions with HCPs in low-income Latina mothers (N = 124) was explored using a cross-sectional, descriptive correlational study (Fry-Bowers, Maliski, Lewis, Macabasco-O’Connell, DiMatteo, 2014). Maternal health literacy was significantly associated with acculturation (r = .312, p b .001) but was not associated with formal social support (p b .063). Maternal self-efficacy was marginally associated with informal support (r = .180, p b .046), total support (r = .187, p b .037), and interpersonal interactions with HCPs (r = .245, p b .006). In multiple regression analyses, maternal health literacy did not significantly predict discrimination due to race/ethnicity in interpersonal interactions with HCPs (p b .548).
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Moreover, emotional exhaustion (burnout) (p b .001), length of time the nurse knew the patient (p = .02), and number of primary patients who died in previous 12 months (p = .047) explained 25% of the variance in pediatric nurses’ grief. Thus, pediatric nurses experience grief over patients’ deaths in a manner similar to family caregivers.
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• A review of the fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) experimental investigational biologic drug therapy procedure in pediatric patients diagnosed with CDI and UC is presented to improve understanding and discuss implications for nursing practice in clinical and research settings (Samuel, Crumb, & Duba, 2014). • Research priorities for children’s nursing in an acute care setting in Ireland were identified using a three-round Delphi survey (N = 587) design study (Brenner, Hilliard, Regan, Coughlan, Hayden, Drennan, & Kelleher, 2014). The survey included pediatric nurse participants
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B.J. Christian (N = 587) at the children’s hospital. Round 1 nurses (n = 107) generated 44 research priorities that were reduced to 27 research priorities. During round 2, nurses (n = 231) ranked the importance of the 27 research priorities, while in round 3 consensus was reached by participants (n = 249) with the ranking 27 research priorities. The resulting top three research priorities for children’s nursing in an acute care setting in Ireland were (a) recognition and care of the deteriorating child, (b) safe transfer of the critically ill child between acute health care facilities, and (c) the child and family’s perceptions of care at end of life.
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The changing landscape of pediatric nursing practice is reflected in innovative intervention strategies and new evidence translated into practice. Indeed, excellence in pediatric nursing practice is demonstrated through translational research and EBP, resulting in improved quality of care for children and their families (Christian, 2011). For example, as highlighted by these articles in this issue, the scope of pediatric nursing practice comprises intervention strategies to improve the health and care of infants, children, adolescents, and their families, across a variety of health care settings and home; to develop a better understanding of parents and families, as well as the functioning of pediatric nurses; and to target new research priorities for pediatric research. To that end, changing the landscape of pediatric nursing practice is exemplified by the development of new evidence that is translated into practice, transforming the quality of care and health outcomes for children and their families worldwide.
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• A retrospective, 2:1 case control design study was conducted to evaluate the current practice of maintaining PICC line patency in pediatric patients (b 1 year to 21 years) with heart failure (N = 33) receiving continuous inotropic support with CLDH, compared to those who did not receive heparin (Giangregorio, Mott, Tong, Handa, Gauvreau, & Connor, 2014). Children in the cohort who received CLDH (n = 22) were compared to children who did not receive heparin (n = 11) before practice change implementation. Although no statistically significant differences were found between groups for duration of patency (number of days) and need for thrombolytic agents, clinically significant differences were noted. Median duration of patency for the children in the heparin cohort was 24 days, compared to 16 days for the children who did not receive heparin support.
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• The effectiveness of a commercially available PIV (StatLock) stabilization device and the rate of complications was evaluated in comparison with standard sterile transparent dressing in hospitalized children (2 to 17 years, N = 80) using a two-group, quasi-experimental design (Laudenbach, Braun, Klaverkamp, & HedmanDennis, 2014). No statistically significant differences were found between comparison groups [stabilization device group (n = 36); taping group (n = 44)] in relation to PIV complication rates, although 22.5% (n = 18) of the children experienced PIV complications [stabilization device group (n = 8); taping group (n = 10)].
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Further, use of thrombolytic agents was less for those who received heparin (28%) compared with children who did not (50%). Interestingly, significant differences between groups were found for emergent admissions, accounting for 64% admissions of the heparin group and 36% of the control group (p = 01), reflecting a change in practice to encourage pediatric patients to stay at home until admission was absolutely emergent. Findings from this study demonstrated clinically significant differences between children with heart failure with PICC who received CLDH compared to those who did not.
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Further, there were no statistically significant differences between the stabilization device and standard taping groups for age, PIV placement site, and administration of medications. Interestingly, the mean duration time of PIV placement for children was relatively brief (1.5 days) and may indicate that the use of a stabilization device is unwarranted for shortterm PIVs in children. • A QI project was evaluated through chart review to determine the effectiveness of a clinical practice guideline
to decrease the incidence of skin breakdown in children (N = 200) hospitalized in the PCICU (Kiss & Heiler, 2014). The QI project was designed to determine the effectiveness of a pediatric skin integrity clinical practice guideline by comparing pre-implementation (n = 100) and 6-month post-implementation (n = 100) through random chart review of children who were patients in the PCICU. No significant differences were found for identified risk factors. A significant decrease in skin breakdown was found for children post-implementation of the practice guideline (p b .0422), with those admitted prior to guideline implementation 1.35 times more likely to have skin breakdown. Logistic regression analysis indicated significant differences after implementation of the protocol (p b .0389) and length of intubation (p b .0156), with a decreased incidence of skin breakdown from 41% to 18%. • Qualitative focus groups were used to explore and describe experienced pediatric nurses’ (N = 14) use of non-pharmacological approaches for pain relief in hospitalized children in Norway (Svendsen & Bjørk, 2014). Findings revealed that experienced pediatric nurses focused on establishing a relationship and building cooperation with the child, especially during painful invasive procedures. Establishing cooperation with the child was identified as essential for nurses during painful invasive procedures. Three non-pharmacological approaches for pain relief were identified as the most frequent methods: (a) encouraging, connecting and maintaining a positive attitude (most comprehensive approach); (b) giving the child control over the situation; (c) moving focus away from the situation.
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Moreover, these experienced pediatric nurses stressed that cooperation represented the opposite of restraint during painful invasive procedures, and the use of distraction could be unsafe because it threatened future cooperation by the child. Thus, it is important to allow adequate time in clinical practice to establish cooperation with the child for maximum benefit of non-pharmacological approaches for pain relief.
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• Sleep disturbances and behavior problems in school-age children (6 to 11 years) with JIA (n = 70) as identified by parent-report were compared with typically developing, healthy children (n = 46), using a descriptive, correlational design (Ward, Sonney, Ringold, Stockfish, Wallace, & Landis, 2014). Significant associations were found for overall mean sleep disturbances with externalizing behavior problems (r = .32, p b .001) and internalizing behavior problems (r = .22, p b .02). A linear regression model was significant in predicting parent-reported externalizing behavior problems, explaining 7% of the variance (p b .001), after controlling for age, study group, medications, joint pain, and overall sleep disturbances. The regression model testing prediction of internalizing behavior problems was not significant (p b .20). Parent-reported
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• The experiences of parents (N = 11 families; 11 mothers and 9 fathers) of premature infants (median 28 weeks gestation) with transportation from the NICU at a university hospital to NICUs at two local hospitals in Norway were explored in a descriptive qualitative study (Granrud, Ludvigsen, & Andershed, 2014). Parent interviews about their experiences associated with transportation from the NICU were described by the main theme, living in uncertainty about whether the baby will survive, with three categories: (a) being distanced from the baby, (b) fearing that something would happen to the baby during transportation, and (c) experiencing closeness to the baby. Moreover, parents experienced multiple transitions, including developmental, situational, and health-illness transitions. • Pediatric nurses (N = 120) were surveyed to examine the relationships among grief experiences from children’s deaths, burnout, and job satisfaction using a cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational design study (Adwan, 2014). Pediatric nurses’ grief was significantly associated with greater emotional exhaustion (burnout) (r = .38, p b .001), fewer personal accomplishments (burnout), (r = − .244, p b .009), and greater depersonalization (burnout) (r = .192, p b .042), as well as less job satisfaction (r = − .29, p b .002). In multiple regression analyses, pediatric nurses’ guilt related to grief over patients’ deaths explained 7% of the variance in personal accomplishments (burnout) (p = .003); while job satisfaction and grief-existential tension explained 31% of the variance in pediatric nurses’ emotional exhaustion (burnout).
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predicted maternal perception of the child’s HCP’s ability to elicit and respond to her concerns (p b .013), explaining 14.5% of the variance (p b .007). Thus, interventions focused on improving maternal self-efficacy among lowincome Latina mothers may have a positive influence on child health outcomes.
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sleep disturbances were greater in children with JIA compared to healthy children, although these differences were not statistically significant. • A point-prevalence audit survey was conducted to identify levels of fatigue in children, adolescents, and young adults (5 to 26 years) (N = 354) who received care in nine acute care units and 11 ambulatory care outpatient settings at a university-affiliated, tertiary care children’s hospital (McCabe & Branowicki, 2014). Sixty-six percent (n = 234) of the total sample reported significant levels of fatigue and 60% reported high levels of tiredness; 75% of adolescents reported high levels of fatigue. When compared to published data from healthy and chronically ill peers, the children, adolescents, and young adults in this sample reported higher levels of fatigue. Thus, it is critical for pediatric health care providers to evaluate fatigue in their patients. • A qualitative, phenomenological approach was used to describe and evaluate the use of a memory book intervention for grief and loss recovery in orphaned children living at two Christian-based children’s homes in South Africa (Braband, Faris, & Wilson-Anderson, 2014). Qualitative focus groups were conducted with orphaned children (N = 22) and three care providers. Orphaned children (10 to 18 years; 16 female and 6 male) had worked on their memory books (including photos, drawings of themselves and families, written descriptions, mementos, and correspondence with sponsors, letter, and cards) for up to 7 years. Five major themes were identified by the children through their memory books in rank order: identity, relationships, emotion, coping, and hope. The memory book intervention provided children the opportunity to have adult-guided interactions to work through grief and loss to preserve their memories and tell their life stories, as well as demonstrate their capacity for healing, recovery, and hope for the future. • The relationships among health literacy, social support, self-efficacy, and interpersonal interactions with HCPs in low-income Latina mothers (N = 124) was explored using a cross-sectional, descriptive correlational study (Fry-Bowers, Maliski, Lewis, Macabasco-O’Connell, DiMatteo, 2014). Maternal health literacy was significantly associated with acculturation (r = .312, p b .001) but was not associated with formal social support (p b .063). Maternal self-efficacy was marginally associated with informal support (r = .180, p b .046), total support (r = .187, p b .037), and interpersonal interactions with HCPs (r = .245, p b .006). In multiple regression analyses, maternal health literacy did not significantly predict discrimination due to race/ethnicity in interpersonal interactions with HCPs (p b .548).
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The changing landscape of pediatric nursing practice is reflected in innovative intervention strategies and new evidence translated into practice. Indeed, excellence in pediatric nursing practice is demonstrated through translational research and EBP, resulting in improved quality of care for children and their families (Christian, 2011). For example, as highlighted by these articles in this issue, the scope of pediatric nursing practice comprises intervention strategies to improve the health and care of infants, children, adolescents, and their families, across a variety of health care settings and home; to develop a better understanding of parents and families, as well as the functioning of pediatric nurses; and to target new research priorities for pediatric research. To that end, changing the landscape of pediatric nursing practice is exemplified by the development of new evidence that is translated into practice, transforming the quality of care and health outcomes for children and their families worldwide.
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