2024
Pediatric critical care nursing empowerment through distance education and simulation in Accra, Ghana
Nader M, Silvers R, Phatak U, White L, Jaeger M, Whitfill T, Owusu-Sekyere F, Boateng G, Lano G, Canarie M, Gross I. Pediatric critical care nursing empowerment through distance education and simulation in Accra, Ghana. Clinical Simulation In Nursing 2024, 96: 101616. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2024.101616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNurse empowermentKorle Bu Teaching HospitalNursing curriculumPediatric intensive care unitClinical Teamwork ScaleSimulation Effectiveness ToolSimulated case scenariosFree-text feedbackPediatric critical careQualitative content analysisTeamwork ScaleNursing staffDistance simulationEducational interventionCritical careTeaching hospitalIntensive care unitContent analysisPilot studyCare unitInternational partnershipsEmpowermentCase scenariosMixing methodEducational content
2020
National preparedness survey of pediatric intensive care units with simulation centers during the coronavirus pandemic
Abulebda K, Ahmed RA, Auerbach MA, Bona AM, Falvo LE, Hughes PG, Gross IT, Sarmiento EJ, Barach PR. National preparedness survey of pediatric intensive care units with simulation centers during the coronavirus pandemic. World Journal Of Critical Care Medicine 2020, 9: 74-87. PMID: 33384950, PMCID: PMC7754533, DOI: 10.5492/wjccm.v9.i5.74.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPersonal protective equipmentCOVID-19 patientsChildren's HospitalClinical practiceCOVID-19 dedicated unitsAdult COVID-19 patientsPediatric intensive care unitHealth worker protectionPediatric healthcare systemIntensive care unitPediatric critical careTraining modalitiesStaffing modelsPreferred training modalitiesCoronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemicPICU unitPediatric patientsCare unitPICU careAirway managementPediatric hospitalCritical careCOVID-19 practicesCurrent modalitiesPatientsPediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department and Its Association With Patient Outcomes in Critical Care: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Balmaks R, Whitfill TM, Ziemele B, Blumberga M, Upenieks R, Vegeris I, Grope I, Pavare J, Auerbach MA, Gross IT. Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department and Its Association With Patient Outcomes in Critical Care: A Prospective Cohort Study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2020, 21: e213-e220. PMID: 32132503, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric readiness scoreProspective cohort studyEmergency departmentPediatric readinessPatient outcomesComposite quality scoreCohort studyReadiness scoresPediatric acute careProcess of carePediatric emergency careHospital lengthPediatric patientsQuality scoresAcute carePediatric mortalityPatient RegistryCritical careMixed-effects regressionPICUEmergency carePatientsMortalityCareOutcomes