Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Nursing Curriculum
The Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Nursing Curriculum consists of 41 video lectures covering material relevant to nurses working in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Units. The lectures range in topic from development, to congenital cardiac defects, to post-operative assessment and care for cardiac patients. The curriculum also includes many instructional animations and illustrations to augment the lectures.
Learning Objectives
Describe normal cardiac anatomy and physiology both in fetal development and post-natally
Identify best practices in the assessment and monitoring of pediatric patients with cardiac disease
Review common presentations of congenital heart disease, including the anatomical features, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
Identify basic principles of post-operative care and management for pediatric cardiac surgery patients
Recognize common arrhythmias and management approach in both medical and surgical pediatric cardiac patients
Review pediatric advanced life support (PALS) algorithms and management of cardiac emergencies, both medical and surgical
Develop a framework for teamwork and event management in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit
Author(s)
Lisa McCabe, RN, MS, CCRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cardiovascular Program | Boston Children’s Hospital
Nancy Braudis, MS, RN, CPNP, CCRN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) | Boston Children's Hospital
Brienne Johnson, RN, BSN, CPON, CCRN
Staff Nurse II, Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit | Boston Children's Hospital
Nursing Science Research Fellow | Boston Children's Hospital
James A. DiNardo, MD, FAAP
Senior Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital
Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Mary McLellan, MPH, BSN, RN, CPN, CPH
Staff Nurse III | Boston Children's Hospital
Clinical Inquiry Coordinator, Acute Cardiac Care Unit in the Bendersen Family Heart Center | Boston Children's Hospital
Patricia Lincoln, RN, MS, CCRN, CNS-BC
Registered Nurse, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) | Boston Children's Hospital
Thomas Kulik, MD
Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Attending, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit/Cardiac Inpatient Unit | Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Senior Associate in Cardiology | Harvard Medical School
Dorothy M. Beke, MS, RN, CPNP-PC/AC, FAAN
Nurse Practice Specialist & Mechanical Circulatory Support Nursing Resource, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) | Boston Children's Hospital
Bereavement Coordinator Heart Center; Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology Preoperative Clinic | Boston Children's Hospital
Annette Imprescia, RN, CCRN
Staff Nurse, Department of Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital
Christine LaGrasta, MS, RN, CPNP-PC/AC
Nurse Practitioner, Inpatient Cardiology | Department of Cardiac Surgery | Boston Children's Hospital
Mjaye Leslie Mazwi, MD, MBChB
Fellow, Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital
Division Head, Cardiac Critical Care Medicine
Co-Director, Heart Center | Seattle Children's Hospital
Catherine Dowling, RN, MS, CCRN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Intensive Care Unit | Boston Children's Hospital
Susan Hamilton, RN, MS
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Surgery | Boston Children's Hospital
Dorothy M. Beke, MS, RN, CPNP-PC/AC, FAAN
Nurse Practice Specialist & Mechanical Circulatory Support Nursing Resource, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) | Boston Children's Hospital
Bereavement Coordinator Heart Center; Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology Preoperative Clinic | Boston Children's Hospital
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH
Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Course Director(s)
Annette Imprescia, RN, CCRN
Staff Nurse, Department of Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital
Dorothy M. Beke, MS, RN, CPNP-PC/AC, FAAN
Nurse Practice Specialist & Mechanical Circulatory Support Nursing Resource, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) | Boston Children's Hospital
Bereavement Coordinator Heart Center; Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology Preoperative Clinic | Boston Children's Hospital
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH
Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Citation
Imprescia A, Beke D, Wolbrink TW. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Nursing Curriculum. 09/2015. OPENPediatrics. Online Curriculum: https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/view/elearning/3623/pediatric-cardiac-intensive-care-nursing-curriculum.