Citation

Moyer DL, Carpenter JM, Landon MA, Mack DT, Kenyon JL, Champion SA. Crit. Care Nurs. Clin. North Am. 2015; 27(2): 167-181.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Bronson Children's Hospital, 601 John Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49007, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.cnc.2015.02.010

PMID

25981721

Abstract

Each year thousands of children are hospitalized for traumatic injuries associated with physical abuse. Nurses in the pediatric intensive care unit must be knowledgeable and skilled in caring for the physical, psychological, emotional, social, and developmental needs of such children and their families. This article provides direction for pediatric nurses working in the critical care setting. Specifically, it describes the nursing care of children in a pediatric intensive care unit where the mechanism of nonaccidental injury is blunt force to the head, abdomen, or musculoskeletal system, based on standards put forth by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

Language: en