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. 2017 Oct/Dec;40(4):319-336.
doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000184.

The Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Parental Stress Model: Refinement Using Directed Content Analysis

Amy Jo Lisanti  1 , Nadya Golfenshtein, Barbara Medoff-Cooper
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The Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Parental Stress Model: Refinement Using Directed Content Analysis

Amy Jo Lisanti et al. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2017 Oct/Dec.

Abstract

This descriptive, qualitative study used directed content analysis to explore and clarify specific foci of parental stress for mothers of infants with complex congenital heart disease in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (PCICU). The PCICU Parental Stress Model was used as the guiding theoretical framework. Three focus groups were conducted with 14 mothers of infants who were being cared for in a PCICU at a large mid-Atlantic children's hospital. Data provided themes to support and refine the PCICU Parental Stress Model that can be used to guide practice, education, and future research in this unique population and setting.

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The PCICU Parental Stress Model ©2017 by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Used with permission. (Lisanti, Allen, Kelly, Medoff-Cooper, 2017).
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The PCICU Parental Stress Model - Revised with new themes/categories in red.
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