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Nursing - Research and Audit
Lyvonne Tume is the lead for this subgroup and can be contacted at her nhs address or university address.
Background and Terms of reference
- A nursing subgroup of the paediatric intensive care society (PICS) study group (SG) was established in late 2007 with an attempt to have representation from as many UK and Irish units as possible
- Lyvonne Tume - the chair of this group
- The terms of reference of the group, reflected that of PICS-SG to: 1) survey national paediatric intensive care practice (through audit) 2) acquire new knowledge by structured observation (through audit) and 3) improve patient care by conducting rigorous research studies
- PICS-SG is predominantly a medically-driven group, this subgroup will provide a strong nursing voice to this group
- A further aim of this group is the need to foster an environment of collegiality and collaboration amongst PICU research nurses around the UK and Ireland and to develop links with European PIC nurse researchers and international links
- The group met in March 2010 to establish research priorities for PIC nursing research
- An initial brainstorming session elicited a number of broad themes, which were then voted on to achieve six top priority themes
- Further discussion led to specific areas/questions for audit or research under these themes, with a lead for each of these groups
Upcoming meetings
Past Meetings
Research contacts
PICU nurses with interest in reasearch
Also, check out the Forum, as there may be up to the minute information may appear in the nursing board in there before it make it onto these pages.