Utilizing the PCICS Nursing Guidelines in Managing the CICU Patient.

Lindsey Justice, Misty Ellis, Cecilia St George-Hyslop, Amy Donnellan, Amiee Trauth, Brenda Drouillard, Claire Watt, Louise Callow

Journal: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery 2016;6(4):604-15

PMID: 26467875

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Abstract

The Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS) Nursing Guidelines were developed to provide an evidence-based resource for bedside cardiac intensive care unit nursing care. Guideline topics include postoperative care, hemodynamic monitoring, arrhythmia management, and nutrition. These evidence-based care guidelines were presented at the 10th International Meeting of PCICS and have been utilized in the preparation of this article. They can be accessed at http://www.pcics.org/resources/pediatric-neonatal/. Utilization of these guidelines in practice is illustrated for single ventricle stage 1 palliation, Fontan operation, truncus arteriosus, and atrioventricular septal defect.

Address: The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA [email protected].; Department of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Louisville, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, KY, USA.; Department of Cardiac Critical Care. Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.; Michigan Congenital Heart Center, University of Michigan, CS Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

DOI: 10.1177/2150135115593131

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MeSH Terms: Child, Coronary Care Units, Heart Defects, Congenital, Humans, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Postoperative Care, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Practice Patterns, Nurses'