Navigating healthcare during a pandemic: what parents of CHD children want healthcare professionals to know.

Background: The COVID pandemic has had deleterious effects on the mental health of the global population. Parents of children with CHD were particularly vulnerable to negative mental health outcomes such as depression, anxiety, and perceived stress. A better understanding of the CHD parent experiences, needs, and concerns while navigating the healthcare system during a pandemic is needed.

Post-Operative Pain and Comfort in Children After Heart Surgery: A Comparison of Nurses and Families Pre-operative Expectations.

Purpose: Parents' and nurses' expectations about pain control and comfort in children after heart surgery were explored to contribute to evidence-based family-centered interventions.

Design And Methods: 20 nurses and 23 parents from a tertiary pediatric center in the Pacific Northwest, were interviewed about their expectations of children's pain control and comfort experience in the hospital after heart surgery. In this descriptive study, data were collected from semi-structured recall interviews and analyzed using content analysis.

Experiences of mothers of infants with congenital heart disease before, during, and after complex cardiac surgery.

Objective: Experiences of mothers of infants undergoing complex heart surgery were explored to build evidence-based family-centered interventions.

Background: Congenital heart disease is the most frequent birth defect in the United States and is common worldwide.

Methods: Eight mothers recalled through journal entries their experiences of the days before, during, and after their infant's surgery and shared advice for other mothers.