Pediatric nursing
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Facing the inevitable death of a child is a difficult reality for many parents and health care providers as well. Children's Hospice International offers a variety of information and education services to support the provision of children's hospice care.
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End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring is an effective tool to continuously assess the adequacy of ventilation in critically ill infants and children. Optimal clinical application of this noninvasive monitoring technique requires an understanding of the physiologic principles of ETCO2 monitoring and its unique technologic considerations.
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Comparative Study
A comparison of adolescents' and nurses' postoperative pain ratings and perceptions.
To examine the relationship between adolescents' subjective and nurses' objective pain ratings and their perceptions of each other's evaluation. ⋯ The relationship between patients' and nurses' pain assessment was moderate. Adolescents perceived that nurses' know how much pain they were experiencing. Nurses expected adolescents to rate pain higher than the nurses themselves would rate it.
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Vaso-occlusive crisis is the most common complication of sickle cell disease. Ongoing education, appropriate assessment, and adequate analgesia will provide effective relief for the child in pain.
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Using a convenience sample of children ranging in age from 10 to 19 years, a retrospective chart audit was conducted on those who received patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) following surgery. PCA was found to be safe, effective, and appropriate for most subjects.