OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to examine the impact of staffing ratios on risk-adjusted outcomes for pediatric cardiac surgery programs in California and relative to other states combined. BACKGROUND California performs 20% of the nation's pediatric cardiac surgery and is the only state with a nurse ratio law. Understanding the imposition of mandated ratios on pediatric outcomes is...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe the notable advances in defining, conceptualizing, and measuring quality of life (QOL) in pediatric patients with cancer since the 1995 Oncology Nursing Society's State-of-the-Knowledge Conference on QOL. DATA SOURCES Published research, clinical papers, and hospital policies. DATA SYNTHESIS QOL ratings from children and adolescents are being solicited increas...

BACKGROUND The transport of critically ill patients to children's hospitals is essential to current practice. The AAP Section on Transport Medicine has raised concerns about future leadership in the field as trainees receive less exposure to transport medicine. This study identifies the priorities of pediatric subspecialty fellows, fellowship directors and nursing directors in transport medicin...

Fewer nursing school graduates are entering pediatric nursing. In 2013, 6% of the national workforce were employed as nurses; in 2017 that percentage was reported 4.7% (Smiley et al., 2018Smiley R.A. Lauer P. Bienemy C. Berg J.G. Shireman E. Reneau K.A. Alexander M. The National Nursing Workforce Survey.Journal Regulation. 2018; 9: S1-S88https://doi.org/10.1016/S2155-8256(18)30131-5Abstract Ful...

In the near future, pediatric and child health nursing organizations will be drafting new research priorities that serve to guide direction of not only future studies but quality improvement projects, scholarship efforts conducted in field. Future are likely shaped by a myriad developments changes have transpired since publications previous (Brenner et al., 2014Brenner M. Hilliard C. Regan G. C...