Pediatric Intensive Care Provider Attitudes About Children with Medical Complexity and Neurologic Impairment: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Children with medical complexity (CMC) and neurologic impairment (NI) are a growing population in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). (2) Objective: Our aim was to explore and describe the experiences and beliefs of PICU providers caring for CMC with NI. (3) Methods: A qualitative interview-based study was conducted. Participants were 20 providers (12 attendings and 8 nurse practitioners) who met inclusion criteria of being a faculty, fellow, or advanced practice provider who worked in a PICU; residents were excluded. Participants were recruited via purposive and snowball sampling until information power was reached, and came from seven PICUs across six states, with 10 participants from the authors' home institution and 10 from external PICUs. Data were collected via re

SUBMITTER: Bleed EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11763489 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature