How treatment is impacted by not treating pediatric patients as “little adults”
- Examine the similarities and differences of ICUs
- What diagnoses you might encounter
- What age range will you see?
- Treatment decisions that might negatively affect the outcome of your patient depending on your approach
Define who does what in the PICU & Acute Care
- Delineation of roles – who makes what decisions?
- Navigate acute care culture successfully – how it is unique and how it can vary from hospital to hospital
- How to build a solid team
Effective techniques you can use immediately when facing:
- Lines and equipment
- Figuring out their purpose
- What can cause grave danger if dislodged or pulled
- How to work around it
- What do you need to watch out for?
- Medications
- What you might find
- How does it affect treatment?
- Social situations and caregiver engagement
- How it can affect your care toward the patient
- Tips on improving trust and assurance
- Case Studies
Treatment frequency and goals
- How to determine intervention per level of acuity
- When to change your treatment plan
- Navigate when therapeutic roles overlap – determine who does what
- How do you know when to adjust your treatment for the changing levels of acuity?
- Trying not to “overthink” the patient
- Case Studies
Comprehensive strategies to navigate patient and caregivers
- Ethical concerns with caregivers and patient level of acuity
- Responding to concerns and reality of the caregiver
- Overcome compassion fatigue – knowing when to take a break
- Case Studies
Putting it all together
- Evaluation and treatment strategies for real-life scenarios and patients
- Taking a patient from chart review to assessment and treatment planning