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Vice Chair of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Child Health Advocacy is underemphasised in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine training, yet fellows indicate high interest. Expanding advocacy education could better equip them to advocate for children in a changing future. What is Child Health Advocacy? Children, teenagers, and families face a range of health-related challenges that are distinct and unique from those faced by 1
READ MOREWorkforce shortages and employee retention present major challenges to medical institutions. Contributors to ICU nurse job satisfaction include opportunities for continuing education/personal growth, positive interprofessional team dynamics, and a safe learning environment. We will evaluate how participation in a longitudinal interprofessional simulation programme affects paediatric cardiac ICU1
READ MOREWorkforce shortages and employee retention present major challenges to medical institutions. Contributors to ICU nurse job satisfaction include opportunities for continuing education/personal growth, positive interprofessional team dynamics, and a safe learning environment. We will evaluate how participation in a longitudinal interprofessional simulation programme affects paediatric cardiac ICU1
READ MOREWorkforce shortages and employee retention present major challenges to medical institutions. Contributors to ICU nurse job satisfaction include opportunities for continuing education/personal growth, positive interprofessional team dynamics, and a safe learning environment. We will evaluate how participation in a longitudinal interprofessional simulation programme affects paediatric cardiac ICU1
READ MOREWorkforce shortages and employee retention present major challenges to medical institutions. Contributors to ICU nurse job satisfaction include opportunities for continuing education/personal growth, positive interprofessional team dynamics, and a safe learning environment. We will evaluate how participation in a longitudinal interprofessional simulation programme affects paediatric cardiac ICU1
READ MOREWorkforce shortages and employee retention present major challenges to medical institutions. Contributors to ICU nurse job satisfaction include opportunities for continuing education/personal growth, positive interprofessional team dynamics, and a safe learning environment. We will evaluate how participation in a longitudinal interprofessional simulation programme affects paediatric cardiac ICU1
READ MOREWorkforce shortages and employee retention present major challenges to medical institutions. Contributors to ICU nurse job satisfaction include opportunities for continuing education/personal growth, positive interprofessional team dynamics, and a safe learning environment. We will evaluate how participation in a longitudinal interprofessional simulation programme affects paediatric cardiac ICU1
READ MOREWorkforce shortages and employee retention present major challenges to medical institutions. Contributors to ICU nurse job satisfaction include opportunities for continuing education/personal growth, positive interprofessional team dynamics, and a safe learning environment. We will evaluate how participation in a longitudinal interprofessional simulation programme affects paediatric cardiac ICU1
READ MOREWorkforce shortages and employee retention present major challenges to medical institutions. Contributors to ICU nurse job satisfaction include opportunities for continuing education/personal growth, positive interprofessional team dynamics, and a safe learning environment. We will evaluate how participation in a longitudinal interprofessional simulation programme affects paediatric cardiac ICU1
READ MOREMusic therapy’s (MT) integration into the ICU liberation bundle is underexplored. We highlight existing literature, present vignettes illustrating MT in action, and offer recommendations to optimise ICU MT across the lifespan. Introduction The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Liberation Bundle (A-F) is a comprehensive set of evidence-based guidelines developed by the Society of Critical 1
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Sapna Kudchadkar is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. H1
READ MOREAn overview of the 'PICU Up!' mobility programme at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, which integrates sleep promotion, delirium prevention, and sedation optimisation to increase mobilisation in critically ill children. What is the PICU Up! Programme? Paediatric intensive units traditionally have had a culture where critically ill children are intubated and mechanically ventilated,
READ MOREOutlines some basic considerations for ICU providers interested in incorporating animals into care programmes. Animals are being introduced into hospital settings in ever-increasing numbers. Emerging literature suggests that incorporating trained animals to assist with medical care and rehabilitation therapies can promote patient engagement, reduce emotional distress and relieve some as1
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