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National Institutes Of Health Stroke Scale (Nihss) And Tissue Plasminogen (Tpa) Education For All Critical Care Nurses, Cheriese Rawlins Dec 2015

National Institutes Of Health Stroke Scale (Nihss) And Tissue Plasminogen (Tpa) Education For All Critical Care Nurses, Cheriese Rawlins

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Hearing The Child's Voice: Their Lived Experience In The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Andrea Prentiss Jan 2014

Hearing The Child's Voice: Their Lived Experience In The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Andrea Prentiss

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Background: More than 200,000 children are admitted annually to Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in the US. Research has shown young children can provide insight into their hospitalization experiences; child reports rather than parental reports are critical to understanding the child’s experience. Information relating to children’s perceptions while still in the PICU is scarce.

Aims: The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate school age children’s and adolescents’ perceptions of PICU while in the PICU; changes in perceptions after transfer to the General Care Unit (GCU); differences in perceptions of school age children/adolescents and those with more invasive procedures. …