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Inside the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, a Family Fights Against a Rare Illness
The Rudolf family sits around the hospital bed of 4-year-old Talia. She’s in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.
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As Challenges Weigh Down, Pediatric ICU Nurses Press Forward
Inside the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Pediatric ICU, nurses meet for their evening shift change, after a day where their patient count more than doubled. “Yesterday we had seven patients and then since I’ve been here, we’ve gotten hit with another five admissions, so we’re up to 17 patients,” nurse Sara Cicero said. They say it’s been like...
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Inside the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, a Family Fights Against a Rare Illness
The Rudolf family sits around the hospital bed of 4-year-old Talia. She’s in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. “When we came in was just a totally perfectly normal, happy go lucky, no medical issues kid,” dad David Rudolf said. When they got to the Pediatric Emergency Department on Sept. 1, 2022, it was...
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Nurses Feel Effects of Busy Yale Pediatric ICU Post-Pandemic
Nurses at a very busy pediatric ICU say they’re feeling the effects post-pandemic – from staffing changes to waves of new illnesses maxing out their capacity, they’re trying to find balance as they care for the youngest critically ill patients.