Physician perspectives on communication quality in pediatric care.

Background: We aimed to explore physician perspectives on communication quality across pediatric contexts.

Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews over a 4-month period. Purposive sampling was conducted to ensure a broad sampling of pediatricians from multiple subspecialties and practice settings.

Parent Perspectives on Communication Quality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Background: Though prior literature has demonstrated that communication in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) needs to be improved, in-depth descriptions of parents' views of NICU communication are lacking.

Purpose: We sought (1) to explore parent perceptions of communication in the NICU and (2) to understand parents' communication needs and preferences.

Methods: We conducted in-depth semi-structured cognitive interviews utilizing concurrent probes with parents of 10 patients in our urban level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit over a period of 4 months (July 2021-October 2021).

Parent Perspectives on Defining Neonatal Serious Illness.

We hoped to understand (1) how parents of seriously ill neonatal intensive care unit patients conceptualize neonatal serious illness, and (2) how parent and physician perspectives on neonatal serious illness might differ. This was a prospective survey study. Parent members of the Courageous Parents Network.

Defining Neonatal Serious Illness: Perspectives of Nurses and Social Workers.

To explore (1) how neonatal nurses (NN) and social workers (SW) define serious illness and (2) how physician, nurse, and SW perceptions of serious illness differ. Prospective survey study. Members of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses or the National Association of Perinatal Social Workers.