A nursing research team at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has reviewed and summarized the history of fetal surgery for Spina Bifida from inception to current practice in order to highlight the advances of this science and its effects on the vulnerable children's population.
To read more about this research team's work, click here.
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Monday, August 13, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Inside an Award-winning ED's Nursing Department
Yesterday, Alexandra Wilson Pecci, reporting for HealthLeaders Media, gave a glimpse of specific programs and initiatives being implemented in one of the most innovative nursing department within an emergency department at Boston Children's hospital. One such program focuses on improving the assessment of pain among children, a topic area that has also been focused on in previous INQRI research.
To read more of Ms. Pecci's description of the fabulous care being provided at Boston Children's hospital, click here.
To read more of Ms. Pecci's description of the fabulous care being provided at Boston Children's hospital, click here.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
New York Times Op-Ed: The Power of Nursing
Yesterday, the New York Times featured an Op-Ed by David Bornstein discussing a groundbreaking imitative, the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP). Mr. Bornstein, known for his coverage of social innovations, outlined how the NFP arranges for registered nurses to make regular home visits to first-time low-income or vulnerable mothers. This program has resulted in improved health for mothers and their children, while also contributing to greater society by preventing child abuse and costly hospital admissions from infants.
Click here to read more about Mr. Bornstein's coverage of the NFP program.
Click here to read more about Mr. Bornstein's coverage of the NFP program.
Monday, May 7, 2012
It is National Nurse Week!
With Sunday, May 6th kicking off National Nurses Week, we believe it is appropriate to highlight news stories that celebrate this annual week of recognition.
On Sunday, Brittany Tyner, reporting for local CBS affiliate, WLFI 18, highlighted an annual reunion that allows for children who were once cared for in Indiana University Health Arnett's neonatal intensive care unit to meet the caregivers that greatly contributed to their childhood well-being. The annual reunion also allows for the parents of children who were cared for in the NICU to continue to express their gratitude to the nurses and physicians that helped their children start life out on the right foot.
Click here to read more about this great tradition.
On Sunday, Brittany Tyner, reporting for local CBS affiliate, WLFI 18, highlighted an annual reunion that allows for children who were once cared for in Indiana University Health Arnett's neonatal intensive care unit to meet the caregivers that greatly contributed to their childhood well-being. The annual reunion also allows for the parents of children who were cared for in the NICU to continue to express their gratitude to the nurses and physicians that helped their children start life out on the right foot.
Click here to read more about this great tradition.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Pediatric Advance Care Discussions Difficult for Nurses and Physicians
Yesterday, Larry Hand, of medscape.com, detailed a newly published study in this month's Pediatrics that surveyed physicians and nurses at intensive care units (ICUs) and oncology wards at Children's Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Massachusetts to identify barriers to advance care discussion and planning for children. The survey identified the top 3 barriers for ACD discussions regarding children: unrealistic parent expectations, differences between the way physicians and parents understand a prognosis, and lack of parent readiness to have the discussion.
Click here to read Mr. Hand's summary of the article.
Click here to read the study as it appears in Pediatrics.
Click here to read Mr. Hand's summary of the article.
Click here to read the study as it appears in Pediatrics.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Local Philadelphia Hospital Working With School Nurses To Improve Care
Following up on two posts (here & here) from last month, Kristen Coppock, reporting for phillyburbs.com, detailed how a local hospital is providing educational resources to school nurses to better address health issues presented by students. Cooper University Hospital's, Cooper in Schools program, has been active for about three years. The multidisciplinary program pairs schools with Cooper professionals to address medical and social issues. The free service provides symposiums, literature and guest speakers while allowing school staff to accumulate professional development credits.
Click here to read the full article.
Click here to read the full article.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Patient-care Study Listens To The Kids
Following up on a post from last week, Misti Crane, of The Columbus Dispatch, reported on the results of an INQRI supported study that examined children's satisfaction with nursing care. The study, conducted by INQRI grantee, Dr. Nancy Ryan-Wenger, found that children were concerned about how often a nurse checked on them and explained instances when children might feel sad, scared or annoyed when nurses did things that hurt, or when they woke them up. This article also featured a snippet from Heather Kelley, INQRI Program Associate, in which she discussed the importance of measuring quality through patient satisfaction.
Click here to read the article.
Click here to learn more about this and similar studies INQRI has supported that focus on nurses' role in managing and treating pain.
Click here to read the article.
Click here to learn more about this and similar studies INQRI has supported that focus on nurses' role in managing and treating pain.
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