Improving Immunization Rates In The Clinic And In The Community,
2010
Brigham Young University - Provo
Improving Immunization Rates In The Clinic And In The Community, Karlen E. (Beth) Luthy, Arlene M. Sperhac, Sandra A. Faux, Joseph K. Miner
Faculty Publications
Over the past decade, the United States haas had tremendous success in achieving very high immunization compliance rates among children, sometimes as high as 91%. However, despite progress toward controlling the spread of communicable disease through immunizations, more than 2.1 million children nationwide are not adequately immunized. Even among US children who are adequately immunized, only about half of them actually received their immunization on time.
Biomechanics Of The Toddler Head During Low-Height Falls: An Anthropomorphic Dummy Analysis Laboratory Investigation,
2010
University of Pennsylvania
Biomechanics Of The Toddler Head During Low-Height Falls: An Anthropomorphic Dummy Analysis Laboratory Investigation, Nicole G. Ibrahim, Susan S. Margulies
Departmental Papers (BE)
OBJECT
Falls are the most common environmental setting for closed head injuries in children between 2 and 4 years of age. The authors previously found that toddlers had fewer skull fractures and scalp/facial soft-tissue injuries, and more frequent altered mental status than infants for the same low-height falls (≤3 ft).
METHODS
To identify potential age-dependent mechanical load factors that may be responsible for these clinical findings, the authors created an instrumented dummy representing an 18-month-old child using published toddler anthropometry and mechanical properties of the skull and neck, and they measured peak angular acceleration during low-height falls (1, 2, and …
Evaluating The Impact Of The Guatemalan Nursing Program On Staff, Organizational, And Clinical Outcomes,
2010
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Evaluating The Impact Of The Guatemalan Nursing Program On Staff, Organizational, And Clinical Outcomes, Sara Williamson Day
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
There is great disparity between the outcome of childhood cancer in developed and developing countries. Nurses, who comprise the largest group of health care professionals globally, are essential to successful treatment. Pediatric oncology education is generally unavailable for nurses in developing countries. This lack of education is likely to contribute to the disparity in survival rates, as undereducated nurses are unable to meet the demands of pediatric cancer care. A second critical problem in developing countries is the workload of the nurse, with a patient nurse ratio reported as high as 30 patients per one nurse.
In 2006, the quality …
Nursing Annual Report 2009,
2010
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Nursing Annual Report 2009, Children's Mercy Hospital
Nursing Annual Reports
Annual report for nursing services at Children's Mercy Kansas City
Nursing Students Knowledge Of Factors Influencing Parent Satisfaction Of Pediatric Nursing Care,
2010
Gardner-Webb University
Nursing Students Knowledge Of Factors Influencing Parent Satisfaction Of Pediatric Nursing Care, Carol L. Smith
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
Professional Pediatric Registered Nurses and parents of sick children share a common goal of returning the sick child to health. To the Pediatric Registered Nurse the means to achieving the goal of returning the child to wellness involves their knowledge of signs and symptoms of disease processes and their abilities to quickly respond to warning signs of impending illness. The knowledge and abilities of the Pediatric Registered Nurse is important to the parent of the ill child however to the parent there are many other elements of care delivery that can assist the Pediatric Registered Nurse and parent in achieving …
Defining Acute Lung Disease In Children With The Oxygenation Saturation Index,
2010
University of Pennsylvania
Defining Acute Lung Disease In Children With The Oxygenation Saturation Index, Neal J. Thomas, Michele L. Shaffer, Douglas F. Willson, Mei-Chiung Shih, Martha A. Q. Curley
School of Nursing Departmental Papers
Objective: To evaluate whether a formula could be derived using oxygen saturation (Spo2) to replace Pao2 that would allow identification of children with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Definitions of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome require arterial blood gases to determine the Pao2/Fio2 ratio of 300 (acute lung injury) and 200 (acute respiratory distress syndrome).
Design: Post hoc data analysis of measurements abstracted from two prospective databases of randomized controlled trials.
Setting: Academic pediatric intensive care units.
Patients: A total of 255 children enrolled in two large prospective …
