The purpose of this first edition of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses' Clinical Practice Guideline is to summarize what is currently known about brain tumors in children and to provide the reader with nursing-specific recommendations based on supporting evidence from nursing and other disciplines. "Care of the Pediatric Patient With a Brain Tumor" includes information on epidemio...

Hospital acquired pressure ulcers (HAPU) are serious, debilitating, and preventable complications in all inpatient populations. Despite evidence of the development of pressure ulcers in the pediatric population, minimal research has been done. Based on observations gathered during quarterly HAPU audits, bedside nursing staff recognized trends in pressure ulcer locations that were not captured u...

387. The Use of Aerosolized Tobramycin in Children Residing in Pediatric Long Term Care Facilities MeghanMurray, MPH; Marianne Pavia; Olivia Jackson, RN; Mary Keenan, RN, MS, CNS; Bevin Cohen, MPH, MPhil; Natalie Neu, MD; Lisa Saiman, MD MPH; School of Nursing, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, Bayside, NY; Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Cen...

The attainment of specialty nursing certification can be beneficial for nurses, patients, and the healthcare organization alike. Barriers may prevent nurses from seeking specialty certification, which may impede healthcare organizations from increasing certification rates among nursing staff. The purpose of this article is to share the process and outcomes of 1 medical center's multimodal plan ...

Each of us as pediatric nurses, regardless of our role, setting, or population, faces barriers that impede progress toward our goal of optimum health for children. Now, a collaborative approach among multiple pediatric nursing organizations has created a strategic alliance and a priority agenda to reduce barriers and advocate for improved health care for all children. Pediatric nurses appreciat...

BACKGROUND Ethics is defined as the entirety of moral principles that form the basis of individuals' behavior; it can also be defined as "moral theory" or "theoretical ethics". OBJECTIVES To determinate information and applications related to ethical codes of pediatric nurses. PATIENTS AND METHODS Participants were nurses attending the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nursing Course and the Ped...

Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713630242 Reliability of the Nursing Child Assessment Feeding Scale During Toddlerhood Eric A. Hodges a; Gail M. Houck b; Thomas Kindermann c a Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA b Oregon Health & Science Uni...

An antileukemic agent prescribed for pediatric oncology patients during the maintenance phase of therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), is highly influenced by genetic variations in the thiopurine S-methyltransferase enzyme. As such, 6-MP must be dosed so that patients with 1 or 2 inactive thiopurine S-methyltransferase alleles will not incur an increased risk for my...

Background: Nursing care is known to improve patient outcomes during hospitalization, but the mechanisms by which outcomes are improved have not been fully explicated. Continuity in nursing care (CINC) may be an important characteristic of nursing care delivery that impacts patient outcomes. However, evidence linking CINC to patient outcomes is limited. Purpose: The first aim of this study was ...