Posts Tagged ‘Guest Editorial’
Lessons on Cardiac Neonatal Care at the 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
The 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (WCPCCS) had more than 5000 attendees representing cardiology, cardiac surgery, critical care medicine, neonatology, and other health care domains. Additionally,…
Read MoreLessons Learned From a Program to Support Small Patients on VAD at Home
How can one develop a program for small children on VAD living at home while waiting on the heart transplantation list? Until a few years ago, mechanical circulatory support in…
Read MoreMind Matters in the Cardiac ICU
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller In my 10 years as a cardiac intensivist, I have been amazed at the pace…
Read MoreHow We Learn and the Medical Decisions We Make: Lessons From Learning Networks in Interventional Pediatric Cardiology
How many times per day do you make a medical decision about one of your patients? How many times is that decision based on data versus experience? And more importantly,…
Read MoreImprovement Through Collaboration: Inspiration and Growth through PC4
My involvement with the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) began in 2016 when Dr. Javier Lasa asked me to join him as a co-clinical champion at Texas Children’s Hospital. …
Read MoreRevisiting the 2022 PCICS Annual Meeting: Joy and Discovery
I have been attending the PCICS annual conference for the past three years, and this year was a one-of-a kind gathering. I was filled with gratitude to be part of…
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This past December, I had the opportunity to attend the 18th Annual International PCICS meeting and immediately noticed two things. Similar to most of my fellow attendees, my first impression…
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The 18th Annual International Meeting of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society in Miami Beach, Florida was, to say the least, outstanding. To have participated in person, as an International…
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As an advanced fellow training in pediatric cardiovascular critical care, I am relatively new to the PCICS community, and this past conference in December 2022 was my first. Overall, it…
Read MoreBedside Nursing Excellence Award Winner
I can honestly say that I have stayed a bedside nurse for almost 32 years because I love what I do, and I know how much I can contribute to…
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What keeps you at the bedside or drives you to stay in your role? I absolutely love pediatrics, always have. I love the population, the patients, and the families. Kids…
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8 Ways to Thrive as a Cardiac ICU Nurse Nursing is a difficult profession and Pediatric Cardiac ICU nursing is certainly one of the most challenging specialties. As a 30+…
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