title: The caring continuum: role of the pediatric critical care advanced practice nurse in palliative care program development.
abstract: A caring continuum to children at the close of life can be established by broadening the scope of intervention available to these children in the ICU, general pediatric unit, and the clinic with critical care based advanced practice nursing team, providing close interdisciplinary coordination of complex care.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. rmauricio@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Riza V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Mauricio
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okhuysen-Cawley
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000465:Algorithms; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004645:Empathy; D005544:Forecasting; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D013781:Texas