Important Outcomes for Parents of Critically Ill Children

Tracy A Pasek1, Cheryl Burns1, Amery Treble-Barna1

  • 1Tracy A. Pasek is a systems analyst-technical professional and a clinical nurse specialist in the Information Services Division, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Cheryl Burns is a research principal at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Amery Treble-Barna is an assistant professor at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Roberto Ortiz-Aguayo is an associate chair and the medical director at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Patrick M. Kochanek is a professor and vice chair at the Department of Critical Care Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh and Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Amy J. Houtrow is a professor and chief at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Sue R. Beers is a professor at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Ericka L. Fink is an associate professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh and Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Critical Care Nurse
|June 3, 2019
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