Perceptions of Interprofessional Practitioners Regarding Pediatric Palliative Transports.

Background: Pediatric palliative transport (PPT) is the practice of offering critically and terminally ill children requiring life-sustaining measures the opportunity to be discharged from the hospital to home or a hospice facility for end-of-life care. Although studies have shown PPT to favorably affect both children and their families, limited research exists on the perspectives of health care practitioners.

Objectives: To understand the experience of interprofessional practitioners who have cared for a critically or terminally ill child during a PPT and their perception of PPT as a care option.

Nurses' perceptions and use of near infrared spectroscopy in paediatric cardiac intensive care.

Background: Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non-invasive technology that estimates regional oxygen saturation. Literature demonstrates that NIRS can provide valuable data for clinical staff. However, little research has addressed the nursing care and management of NIRS in the critical care environment.

Measuring Acuity and Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Workload by Using ICU CAMEO III.

Background: The Intensive Care Unit Complexity Assessment and Monitoring to Ensure Optimal Outcomes (ICU CAMEO III) acuity tool measures patient acuity in terms of the complexity of nursing cognitive workload.

Objective: To validate the ICU CAMEO III acuity tool in US children's hospitals.

Methods: Using a convenience sample, 9 sites enrolled children admitted to pediatric intensive care units (ICUs).

Implementing group visits for opioid use disorder: A case series.

Group-based models of Office-Based Opioid Treatment with buprenorphine-naloxone (B/N) are increasingly being implemented in clinical practice to increase access to care and provide additional therapeutic benefits. While previous studies reported these Group-Based Opioid Treatment (GBOT) models are feasible for providers and acceptable to patients, there has been no literature to help providers with the more practical aspects of to create and maintain GBOT in different outpatient settings. We present 4 cases of GBOT implementation across a large academic health care system, highlighting various potential approaches for providers who seek to implement GBOT and demonstrate "success" based on feasibility and sustainability of these models.

Group-based treatment of opioid use disorder with buprenorphine: A systematic review.

Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) has become a public health crisis in the U.S., and there is a need to develop effective clinical treatment strategies.

Why use group visits for opioid use disorder treatment in primary care? A patient-centered qualitative study.

Background: Primary care providers are well positioned to respond to the opioid crisis by providing buprenorphine/naloxone (B/N) through shared medical appointments (SMAs). Although quantitative research has been previously conducted on SMAs with B/N, the authors conducted a qualitative assessment from the patients' point of view, considering whether and how group visits provide value for patients.

Methods: Twenty-five participants with opioid use disorder (OUD) who were enrolled in a weekly B/N group visit at a family medicine clinic participated in either of two 1-hour-long focus groups, which were conducted as actual group visits.