Title : Innovations in pediatric intensive care - A nursing perspective
Abstract:
Pediatric Critical care nursing is a specialty within nursing that deals specifically with human responses to life-threatening problems. What is the responsibility of critical care nurse? Critical Care Nurses are responsible for making sure that critically ill patients and members of their families. Many innovations have been taking place in PICU and this articles discusses few of them in series one and in the following series which will be discussed in the next article. Innovations are part of life in every field and more so in the health care field. Innovations are mandatory in Pediatric Intensiver care setting in order to promotre patient safety, satisfaction and provide cost effective care. Follwoing are few innovations tried in some PICUs and they work well. Innovations like family centered care, use of advanced technology, rhobotic nursing, individualized care,evidenced based care, problem based learning in PICU, patient safety, quality assurance emphasis, advanced patient monitoring, telecommunications, use of pediatric early warning scores, triaging etc Pediatric nurses play a vital role in incorporating innovations in to practice so that theory can be translated in to practice. Patient safety and nursing care excellence is a well emphazized concept and therefore to, promote nursing care excellence nurses must be empowered to bring in innovations. Small or major projects can be adapted to find evidence for practive. Innovations promote patient satisfaction aswell staff satisfaction.
