Palliative Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

This review describes differences between palliative care for adult patients and palliative care for pediatric patients, both generally and in the intensive care unit; highlights ethical considerations for pediatric intensive care unit patients by using illustrative cases; and examines the impact of these ethical considerations on decision-making for children and their families.

Objectives

Describe features of palliative care for children that are different from palliative care practices for adult patients in the ICU.
Describe two ethical topics in palliative care that require special analysis for the pediatric patient.
Describe key components of the shared decision-making model preferred for pediatric ICU patients.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.

Disclosure

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.

Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.