Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in a Pediatric Cardiac ICU.

Objectives: To eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a pediatric cardiac ICU.

Design: Quality improvement methodology.

Setting: Twenty-five bed cardiac ICU in a quaternary freestanding children's hospital.

Impact of Noise on Nurses in Pediatric Intensive Care Units.

Background: Excessive exposure to noise places nurses at risk for safety events, near-misses, decreased job performance, and fatigue. Noise is particularly a concern in pediatric intensive care units, where highly skilled providers and vulnerable patients require a quiet environment to promote healing.

Objective: To measure noise levels and noise duration on specialty pediatric intensive care units to explore sources of noise and its effects on the health of registered nurses.

Aligning the forces of magnetism to achieve exemplary professional practice.

This clinical paper presents the evolution of a Point of Care Scholars (POCS) program, which embodies three components of the Magnet model: exemplary professional practice, new knowledge, innovations, and improvements, and empirical outcomes. The drive to achieve Magnet designation and redesignation provides a focused approach on innovation. The innovative POCS program is structured to introduce new knowledge to point-of-care staff with improvements that will lead to quality outcomes.