Physician perspectives of clinical performance feedback and impact on well-being: a qualitative exploration.

Objectives: Providing clinical performance feedback to physicians is an established method to improve care, but the impact on physician well-being is unclear. This evaluation aimed to better understand physician perspectives on clinical feedback and its potential impact on well-being.

Design: A qualitative design using semi-structured interviews was undertaken.

Effect of Age at Liver Transplant on Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life Among Adolescents.

: Life expectancy for pediatric liver transplant patients has increased over the past decade. Different stages of the transplant process can impact patients' quality of life (QOL) and create psychological and physical stressors. This study explored whether age at transplant affected adolescents' feelings of anxiety, depression, and QOL.

The Safety of Body Wraps on Skin-to-Skin Care in the Neonatal Population: A Pilot Study.

Background: Despite well-established benefits of skin-to-skin care (SSC) for preterm infants and parents, standardized guidelines for implementation do not exist. Furthermore, the literature offers little evidence-based information to guide best practice.

Purpose: To discover whether SSC using a body wrap to hold preterm infants would increase the duration of SSC, decrease parental stress during SSC, and minimize adverse events to ensure that body wraps are safe and feasible.

Assessing the Impact of a New Pediatric Healthcare Facility on Medication Administration: A Human Factors Approach.

Objective: This observational descriptive study was designed to measure the effect a new evidence-based design (EBD) hospital has on pediatric medication safety.

Background: Medication safety is a priority for nurse leaders. Controlling system design by increasing the understanding of the impact human factors have could improve medication delivery.

Usability and Utility of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Clinical Decision Support to Increase Knowledge and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Initiations among Pediatric Providers.

Objectives: An effective clinical decision support system (CDSS) may address the current provider training barrier to offering preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to youth at risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This study evaluated change in provider knowledge and the likelihood to initiate PrEP after exposure to a PrEP CDSS. A secondary objective explored perceived provider utility of the CDSS and suggestions for improving CDSS effectiveness.

Variability in qualifications for principal investigator status in research studies by nurses: A call for clarification.

Purpose: To describe existing guidance for qualifications of principal investigator s (PI s) of human subjects research and explore how they are operationalized for pediatric nurse scientists and clinical nurses in children's hospitals.

Design And Methods: After reviewing federal regulations, accreditation guidelines, and the literature, a convenience sample of members of the National Pediatric Nurse Scientist Collaborative (NPNSC). Participants completed a 33-item survey that included questions about Institutional Review Board (IRB), guidelines, and policies for PI status at their affiliated children's hospitals.

Assessing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults Receiving Cancer Treatment: A Mixed Methods Study.

This study was designed to assess the most salient health care needs of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) who undergo cancer treatment. Understanding their age-related needs helps providers offer appropriate support when support is vital: as they accept diagnosis and undergo treatment. A mixed methods design was used to obtain quantitative and qualitative data on the overall needs of AYA cancer patients.

The Impact of Volunteering at a Family Camp for Children and Adolescents With Cancer: The Experience of Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses.

Objective: This study explored the experience of pediatric ICU (PICU) nurses who volunteered at a camp for families of children and adolescents with cancer.

Background: PICU nurses are at risk of developing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, compassion fatigue, depression, and burnout due to exposure(s) to traumatic events. Spending time with patients, families, and nurse colleagues at camp may reduce the effects of this exposure.

Return to learn: An ethnographic study of adolescent young adults returning to school post-concussion.

Background And Purpose: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 3.8 million concussions occur in the United States each year. Concussion symptoms can negatively impact the academic performance of adolescents after they return to school.

Understanding the Long-Term Impact of Living-Related Liver Transplantation on Youth and Young Adults and their Family.

Purpose: The purpose of this mixed methods study was to better understand the long term impact of living-related liver donation (LRLD) on youth and young adult (YYA) recipients and their family.

Design And Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with YYA, aged 11-18 years, who received a living donation from a parent. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed to aggregate themes that represented the participants' views as live-liver recipients.

Comparing the Analgesic Effects of 4 Nonpharmacologic Interventions on Term Newborns Undergoing Heel Lance: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

This randomized trial compared the analgesic effect of 4 nonpharmacologic interventions (breastfeeding, oral sucrose, nonnutritive sucking, and skin-to-skin contact) on term newborns between 24 and 48 hours of age who underwent a heel lance. The Neonatal Pain, Agitation, and Sedation Scale was used to evaluate pain. The newborns (N = 226) were assigned to one of 4 intervention groups (n = 176) or a control group without pain intervention (n = 50).

Parent Perceptions and Experiences Regarding Medication Education at Time of Hospital Discharge for Children With Medical Complexity.

Background: Children with medical complexity (CMC) often require complex medication regimens. Medication education on hospital discharge should provide a critical safety check before medication management transitions from hospital to family. Current discharge processes may not meet the needs of CMC and their families.

Parental live liver donation: a transformational experience.

Background: Parental live liver donation is an attractive alternative to deceased donation for pediatric patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD), yet very little has been published about the long-term emotional consequences of live liver donations on donors and their families.

Objectives: To better understand the impact that a parental live liver donation has on the everyday life of the donor.

Method: Thirteen living parental donors from 2 West Coast transplant centers participated.

Living-related donors' quest for information before donation.

Context: Providing potential living-related liver donors with all the necessary information before donation can be challenging. What information donors need and are not getting during the evaluation phase has not been defined.

Objective: To increase understanding of the everyday life of living-related liver donors and to suggest educational strategies that could be used by transplant centers during the evaluation process.