Pediatric ICU Nursing
Quick Reference
Databases
Diagnostics
Drugs
- RN Double Check Medications
- Continuous Infusion (Dose Ranges)
- Emergency Medications (PICU)
- Medication Dilution Guidelines
- Housestaff Manual (CRL) (Only works onsite at SUMC)
- Micromedex (IV Compatibility)
- Off -Unit Procedures: IV Fluid Algorithm (Intranet, .pdf)
HealthStream
Certification and Licensing
- California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN)
- CCRN Certification Information, American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
Parent/Patient
- MicroMedex DrugNotes
- Discharge Home from PICU (2011)
- Adolescent Patients
- Autistic Children: Admission Database Supplemental Questions
- Diabetic Carbohydrate Counting
Vascular Access
- Central Line Priming Volumes (LPCH)
- Heparin Flush (PICU)
- IV Bag Change Frequency (PICU)
- IV Tubing Change Frequency (PICU)
Standards of Care
By System
Cardiovascular
- Blood Coolers
- Central Venous Catheters
- Congential Defects and Surgical Repairs
- Crib Bed and Room Set up
- ECG Learning Center
- External Pacemaker Overview
- First Hours after CV Surgery
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Transthoracic Lines (.ppt)
- Intracardiac Pressures
- LPCH Heart Center Nursing Portal - Cardiovascular
- Medtronic Pacemaker Quick Reference
- Pacemaker Troubleshooting
- Pacing Wire Care
- Swan-Ganz Catheters (videos, instructional modules, etc.)
- Swan-Ganz PICU Bedside Set-up
- Transthoracic Catheters
Gastrointestinal
Infectious Disease
Integumentary
Neurological
Pulmonary
- Basic Chest X-Ray Interpretation (.ppt)
- Capnography
- Chest Tubes (PICU)
- Chest Tubes: Oceans Express Instructional Video
- Critical Airway Protocol
- Critical Airway/Respiratory Distress
- High-Frequency Oscillation Ventilation (Viasys 3100B)
- Proning Protocol
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (.ppt)
Renal
- CRRT in the PICU: Part 1
- CRRT in the PICU: Part 2
- PRISMA Operating Manual
- PrismaFlex Training (.pdf)
- PrismaFlex vs. Prisma: Highlights (.pdf)
- Tutorial (Critical Care Medicine)
Sedation and Pain Management
- BIS Education Site
- Sedation Assessment (BIS PowerPoint Presentation)
- Sedation in a Nutshell (.ppt)
- Sedation Pharmacology (.ppt)
- FLACC Score
- Wong-Baker Face Scale
- Numeric Pain Scale
Trauma
Continuing Education
Continuing Education Providers
About the Portal
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- Pediatrics
- Pharmacy
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- PICU
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonary
- Reference Desk
- Special Programs
- Spiritual Care
- Student (IL)
Top 15 Journals
- American Journal of Critical Care
- American J. Of Resp And Crit Care Med
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Critical Care Nurse
- Critical Care Medicine
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Intensive & Critical Care
- Journal Of Pediatrics
- Paediatric Anaesthesia
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal
- Pediatric Nursing
- Pediatrics
- Pediatric Transplantation
- More
Clinical Trials
Quality Improvement
Patient Handouts
- Micromedex CareNotes Use Clinical Search to find a handout in 10 sources all at once.
PICU Portal Contacts
- About the PICU Portal
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