Volume 4, Number 2, Year 2015

Special Issue: Nursing in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Guest Editors: Dr. Andrea M. Kline-Tilford and Dr. Lauren Sorce


Guest Editorial
Andrea M. Kline-Tilford and Lauren Sorce
Nursing in pediatric intensive care unit


Review Articles
Lyvonne N. Tume and Beverley Copnell
Endotracheal suctioning of the critically ill child


Lauren Sorce and Shari Simone
Pain and sedation management in technically ventilated children


Katherine T. Whelan, Maura K. Heckmann, Patricia A. Lincoln, and Susan M. Hamilton
Pediatric withdrawal identification and management


Mary Jo Grant and Trudy Hardin-Reynolds
Preventable healthcare-associated infections in pediatric intensive care


Leah Molloy, Harbir Arora, Shipra Gupta, Jesse Sutton, and Nahed Abdel-Haq
Multiple drug resistant organisms: considerations in antibiotic selection and administration


Andrea M. Kline-Tilford
Impact of obesity during pediatric acute and critical illness


Maureen A. Madden
Pediatric toxicology: emerging trends


Ann-Marie Brown, Debbie Carpenter, Gerri Keller, Sherry Morgan, and Sharon Y. Irving
Enteral Nutrition in the PICU: Current Status and Ongoing Challenges


Case Report
Cathy Haut
Pediatric noninvasive ventilation