title: Clinical practice guidelines--Nursing management for pediatric patients with small bowel or multivisceral transplant.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Small bowel or multivisceral transplant is a relatively new treatment for irreversible intestinal damage, and no published practice guidelines exist. The purpose of this article is to report evidence regarding the best plan of care to achieve adequate nutrition and appropriate development for children.
  
  
  METHODS
  An integrative review was conducted with 54 articles related to management of this transplant population. A nine-member nursing team integrated the findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This resulting guideline represents the best research and best practices on which to base staff education and competency validations to manage this medically fragile patient population.
authors.affiliation: Northeast Clinical Services, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bodeur
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aucoin
authors.forename: Raeanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Kaitlyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Garrison
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Summers
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schutz
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Sherri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woody
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ellington
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000637:transplantation*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D010019:Osteomyelitis; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000451:nursing*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D013070:Speech Therapy; D014781:Viscera / Q000637:transplantation*
keywords: Intestine; multivisceral; nursing care; pediatric; small bowel; transplant