Pediatric Palliative Care Transport: Bringing Children Home from the ICU for End-of-life Care

In this video, Harriett Nelson will discuss her work in Pediatric Palliative Care Transport for critically or terminally ill children. She will share her experiences on the Palliative Care Transport Team. She will also explain findings from her research in working with parents who decided to bring their child home from the ICU before his/her death.

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Released:

March 14, 2016

Audience:

Physicians, Nurses

Learning Objectives

Describe the rationale and structure of pediatric palliative end‑of‑life transports
Identify family‑centered benefits of home‑based withdrawal of life‑sustaining treatment
Explain the interdisciplinary collaboration required to safely conduct palliative transports
Analyze qualitative findings on how home death influences parental grief and memory‑making
Apply research‑informed approaches to develop systems supporting pediatric palliative transport programs

Author(s)

Harriett Swasey, MSN, RN, CCRN, NREMTP

Pediatric Critical Care Transport Nurse | Boston Children's Hospital

Adjunct Professor | Endicott College

Sandra Mott, PhD

Nurse Scientist and Research Consultant | Boston Children's Hospital

Citation

Nelson H, Mott S. Pediatric Palliative Care Transport: Bringing Children Home from the ICU for End-of-life Care. 3/2016. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3138/pediatric-palliative-care-transport-bringing-children-home-from-the-icu-for-end-of-life-care.