title: Utilizing the PCICS Nursing Guidelines in Managing the CICU Patient.
abstract: The Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS) Nursing Guidelines were developed to provide an evidence-based resource for bedside cardiac intensive care unit nursing care. Guideline topics include postoperative care, hemodynamic monitoring, arrhythmia management, and nutrition. These evidence-based care guidelines were presented at the 10th International Meeting of PCICS and have been utilized in the preparation of this article. They can be accessed at http://www.pcics.org/resources/pediatric-neonatal/. Utilization of these guidelines in practice is illustrated for single ventricle stage 1 palliation, Fontan operation, truncus arteriosus, and atrioventricular septal defect.
authors.affiliation: The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA lindsey.justice@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Lindsey
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Justice
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Louisville, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Misty
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Critical Care. Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: St George-Hyslop
authors.affiliation: The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donnellan
authors.affiliation: The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Amiee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trauth
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Critical Care. Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Drouillard
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Critical Care. Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Watt
authors.affiliation: Michigan Congenital Heart Center, University of Michigan, CS Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Callow
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003325:Coronary Care Units / Q000592:standards*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000592:standards*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000451:nursing*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'
keywords: AV canal; AVSD; Fontan; Norwood; PCICS; atrioventricular septal defect; care management; common arterial trunk; congenital heart disease; nursing guidelines; pediatric CICU; truncus arteriosus