Nursing aspects of pediatric intensive care in a general hospital.
Treating pediatric patients in an adult general hospital intensive care unit requires flexibility both in terms of equipment and utilization of space, and in the approach of the staff to the patient and family unit. Integration of the care of children in an adult hospital is described.
D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012067:Religion