
Center for Pediatric Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice
This collection of citations is for the scholarly works of CHOP's Center for Pediatric Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice published since 2018; If you have materials that should be added to this collection please contact the team at CHOP Digital Repository.
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Submissions from 2023
Why Breastfeed until Age Two?, Diane L Spatz
Establishing a Breastfeeding Consortium for Clinicians in Pediatric Outpatient Care., Nicole Conover, Jill Vanderpool, Julie Ginsberg, Meg Kawan, and Diane L Spatz
Lactation Accommodations in the Workplace., Diane L Spatz
Submissions from 2022
First Feed Type Is Associated With Birth/Lactating Parent's Own Milk Use During NICU Stay Among Infants Who Require Surgery., Jessica A Davis, Melissa Glasser, Diane L Spatz, Paul Scott, and Jill R Demirci
Improving breastfeeding care & support in a large, urban, pediatric primary care practice., Meg Kawan, Emily F Gregory, and Diane L Spatz
Experiences of U.S. Nurses Compared With Nonnurses in the First Year of COVID-19: Findings From a National Registry., Mei Lin Chen-Lim, Margaret A McCabe, Haolin Xu, Laine E Thomas, Christopher B Forrest, Shira Birnbaum, Laura E Webb, and Emily C O'Brien
Lactation Outcomes After Participation in a Tailored Prenatal Nutrition Consultation Among Women With Infants With Congenital Anomalies., Elizabeth B Froh and Diane L Spatz
Lactation Consultant Visit Frequency in a Neonatal Unit: A Continuous Quality Improvement Project, Elizabeth Froh, Ruth Lebet, Georgette Bartell, and Margaret A. D'Andrea
Effects of Acupressure on Lactation: An Integrated Review., Miriam A Rosetti and Diane L Spatz
Treatment of Low Milk Supply., Diane L Spatz
Why Fresh Milk Matters., Diane L Spatz
Encourage, Assess, Transition (EAT): A Quality Improvement Project Implementing a Direct Breastfeeding Protocol for Preterm Hospitalized Infants., Nellie Munn Swanson, Kristin M Elgersma, Anne Chevalier McKechnie, Patricia L McPherson, Mark J Bergeron, Samantha A Sommerness, Cheri L Friedrich, and Diane L Spatz
The Voice of Mothers Who Continue to Express Milk After Their Infant's Death for Donation to a Milk Bank., Ann Marie Paraszczuk, Laura M Candelaria, Karen Hylton-McGuire, and Diane L Spatz
Re: "Is There an Association Between Breast Hypoplasia and Breastfeeding Outcomes? A Systematic Review" by Kam et al., Diane L Spatz
The Formula Industry is a Powerful Influence on Breastfeeding., Diane L Spatz
A Quality Improvement Initiative to Provide Timely Central Vascular Access in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit., Kimberly Kristoff, Rui Wang, David Munson, Kevin Dysart, Lauren Stracuzzi, Kelcey Wade, and Shira Birnbaum
Developing a Unit Profile Dashboard to Inform Nursing Care Delivery Based on Unique Needs of Patients., Halley Ruppel, Ashley Oliver, Sandhya Chandrasekhar, Kirsten A Hickerson, Margaret McCabe, Paula M Agosto, and Martha A Q Curley
The Impact of Human Milk on Outcomes for Infants with Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Review., Kristin M Elgersma, Anne Chevalier McKechnie, Erica N Schorr, Kavisha M Shah, Anna L Trebilcock, Sara E Ramel, Matthew B Ambrose, Nellie Munn Swanson, Samantha A Sommerness, and Diane L Spatz
Experiences of Women Who Continue to Express Milk for Donation After Newborn Death, Ann Marie Paraszczuk, Laura Candelaria, Karen Hylton-McGuire, and Diane L Spatz
Benefits of Mother-Baby Skin-to-Skin Contact., Diane L Spatz
Examining clinical training through a bicultural lens: Experiences of genetic counseling students who identify with a racial or ethnic minority group., Nikkola Carmichael, Krista Redlinger-Grosse, and Shira Birnbaum
Breastfeeding While Incarcerated: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Integrating Policy and Practice., Liliana Schmitt and Diane L Spatz
Evidence-Based Criteria Supporting Early Discharge for Pediatric Patients With Osteosarcoma Receiving High-Dose Methotrexate: A Retrospective Chart Review., Erin Armideo, Shannon Froio, Meredith Johnson, Alison Tardino-Gingrich, and Elizabeth Froh
Feasibility and Effect of Reiki on the Physiology and Self-perceived Stress of Nurses in a Large US Hospital., Kellie Hailey, Jennifer Fortin, Patricia Pratt, Peter W Forbes, and Margaret McCabe
2020 mPINC Scores: Opportunities for Improvement., Diane L Spatz
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in the Critical Care Setting., Kristin Atlas, Jessica Strohm Farber, Kerry Shields, and Ruth Lebet
Marijuana and Breastfeeding., Diane L Spatz
Updating Clinical Practices to Promote and Protect Human Milk and Breastfeeding in a COVID-19 Era., Johannes B van Goudoever, Diane L Spatz, Rebecca Hoban, Dani Dumitriu, Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, Monika Berns, Liz McKechnie, and Riccardo Davanzo
Submissions from 2021
Shared Decision Making and Disease Modifying Therapy in Families of Children and Adolescents with Pediatric Onset Multiple Sclerosis., Lisa V Duffy, Kiera Sarill, Peter Forbes, Susana Camposano, and Margaret McCabe
Proactive Planning for Breastfeeding Assistance and Support Post Birth., Diane L Spatz
Improving Lactation Education and Support in Primary Care., Diane L Spatz
The COVID-19 pandemic and breastfeeding: Concerns and positive opportunities, Diane L. Spatz
Parent mental health and family functioning following diagnosis of CHD: a research agenda and recommendations from the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative., Erica Sood, Amy Jo Lisanti, Sarah E Woolf-King, Jo Wray, Nadine Kasparian, Emily Jackson, Mary R Gregory, Keila N Lopez, Bradley S Marino, Trent Neely, Amy Randall, Sinai C Zyblewski, and Cheryl L Brosig
CE: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Review., Kerry Shields, Kristin Atlas, Jessica Strohm Farber, and Ruth Lebet
Behavioral crisis management: A quality improvement pilot for improving teamwork in a primary care pediatric setting., Julie S Ginsberg, Rosemary L Hoffmann, Ruth Lebet, and Judith Zedreck Gonzalez
Role alteration predicts anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of infants with congenital heart disease: a pilot study., Amy Jo Lisanti, Aparna Kumar, Ryan Quinn, Jesse L Chittams, Barbara Medoff-Cooper, and Abigail C Demianczyk
Assessment of an Educational Tool for Pediatric Cardiac Nurses on Individualized Family-Centered Developmental Care., Spencer Dean, Meghan Long, Edie Ryan, Kelly Tarnoviski, Antara Mondal, and Amy Jo Lisanti
Achieving adequate growth in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia prior to discharge., K Taylor Wild, Dana Bartholomew, Taryn M Edwards, Elizabeth Froh, Diane L Spatz, Matthew Huber, Holly L Hedrick, and Ursula S Nawab
Case report: Managing growth failure while maintaining exclusive breastfeeding., Diane L Spatz and Nicole M Conover
Experience of burnout among pediatric inpatient nurse preceptors., Warren Frankenberger, Kathryn E Roberts, Larissa Hutchins, and Elizabeth Froh
An Educational Intervention to Improve Staff Collaboration and Enhance Knowledge of Fall Risk Factors and Prevention Guidelines., Kimberly A DiGerolamo and Mei Lin Chen-Lim
The Critical Window of Opportunity: Lactation Initiation Following Cesarean Birth., Elizabeth Froh, Rachel Lee, and Diane L Spatz
Parental role alteration strongly influences depressive symptoms in mothers of preoperative infants with congenital heart disease., Amy Jo Lisanti, Abigail C. Demianczyk, Kayla Vaughan, Giordana Fraser Martino, Rachel Schaake Ohrenschall, Ryan Quinn, Jesse L Chittams, and Barbara Medoff-Cooper
WIC: Is the United States investing in Breastfeeding or Agriculture?, Diane L Spatz
Supporting a sense of inclusion and belonging for genetic counseling students who identify as racial or ethnic minorities., Nikkola Carmichael, Krista Redlinger-Grosse, and Shira Birnbaum
Promoting and Protecting Human Milk and Breastfeeding in a COVID-19 World, Diane L Spatz, Riccardo Davanzo, Janis A. Müller, Rebecca Powell, Virginie Rigourd, Ann Yates, Donna T. Geddes, Johannes B. van Goudoever, and Lars Bode
Tandem Breastfeeding: A Descriptive Analysis of the Nutritional Value of Milk When Feeding a Younger and Older Child., Elena Sinkiewicz-Darol, Urszula Bernatowicz-Łojko, Katarzyna Łubiech, Iwona Adamczyk, Magdalena Twarużek, Barbara Baranowska, Krzysztof Skowron, and Diane L Spatz
An Integrative Review: The Role of the Doula in Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration., Stephanie N Acquaye and Diane L Spatz
Behavior Outcomes of Breastfeeding-Friendly Policies Among Thai Mothers Working in a Factory: A Descriptive Study, Aimon Butudom, Barbara L. McFarlin, Carrie S. Klima, Diane L Spatz, Joan F. Kennelly, Linda L. McCreary, Crystal L. Patil, and Mary Dawn Koenig
Parental Perceptions of Adolescent Connectedness and the Role of the Primary Care Provider., Melissa Christie and Elizabeth Froh
Development of an Interprofessional Policy on the Use of Human Milk and Breastfeeding for Pain Relief, Tori Graf, Emily Duffey, and Diane L Spatz
Predictors of specialty certification among paediatric hospital nurses., Karen B Lasater, Rebecca R S Clark, Margaret A McCabe, Warren D Frankenberger, Paula M Agosto, Kathryn A Riman, and Linda H Aiken
Nurses' Perceptions of Workload Burden in Pediatric Critical Care., Ruth M. Lebet, Natalie R Hasbani, Martha T Sisko, Michael S D Agus, Vinay M Nadkarni, David Wypij, and Martha A Q Curley
Skin-to-Skin Care is Associated with Reduced Stress, Anxiety, and Salivary Cortisol and Improved Attachment for Mothers of Infants With Critical Congenital Heart Disease., Amy Jo Lisanti, Abigail C. Demianczyk, Andrew Costarino, Maria G Vogiatzi, Rebecca Hoffman, Ryan Quinn, Jesse L Chittams, and Barbara Medoff-Cooper
2020 Breastfeeding Report Card: We Must Do More!, Diane L. Spatz
Birth and Breastfeeding in the Hospital Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic., Diane L. Spatz and Elizabeth B. Froh
When Your Breasts Might Not Work: Anticipatory Guidance for Health-Care Professionals., Diane L Spatz and Jodie Miller
Prevalence of ICU Delirium in Postoperative Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients., Sandra L Staveski, Rita H. Pickler, Philip R Khoury, Nicholas J Ollberding, Amy L Donnellan, Jennifer A Mauney, Patricia A Lincoln, Jennifer D Baird, Frances L Gilliland, Amber D Merritt, Laura B Presnell, Alexa R Lanese, Amy Jo Lisanti, Belinda J Large, Lori D Fineman, Katherine H Gibson, Leigh A Mohler, Louise Callow, Sean S Barnes, Ruby L Whalen, Mary Jo C Grant, Cathy Sheppard, Andrea M Kline-Tilford, Page W Steadman, Heidi C Shafland, Karen M Corlett, Serena P Kelly, Laura A Ortman, Christine E Peyton, Sandra K Hagstrom, Ashlee M Shields, Tracy Nye, T Christine E Alvarez, Lindsey B Justice, Seth T Kidwell, Andrew N Redington, and Martha A Q Curley
Submissions from 2020
Standardized Feeding Approach Mitigates Weight Loss in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease., Amy Jo Lisanti, Melanie Savoca, J William Gaynor, Maria R Mascarenhas, Chitra Ravishankar, Erin Sullivan, Karyn Pieciak, Andrew Costarino, Jodi Chen, Andrea Kennedy, Robert Olsen, Jungwon Min, Antara Mondal, Jing Huang, and Sharon Y. Irving
Parental role alteration strongly influences depressive symptoms in mothers of preoperative infants with congenital heart disease., Amy Jo Lisanti, Abigail C. Demianczyk, Kayla Vaughan, Giordana Fraser Martino, Rachel Schaake Ohrenschall, Ryan Quinn, Jesse L Chittams, and Barbara Medoff-Cooper
Subject Matter Experts Identify Health Equity Concerns in Breastfeeding for African American Women., Tyonne D Hinson, Asheley Cockrell Skinner, and Diane L Spatz
Feeding infants with complex congenital heart disease: a modified Delphi survey to examine potential research and practice gaps., Kristin M Elgersma, Anne Chevalier McKechnie, Tipper Gallagher, Anna L Trebilcock, Karen F Pridham, and Diane L Spatz
Advancing opportunities for clinical inquiry and professional development during a pandemic., Elizabeth Froh, Darcy Brodecki, Mei Lin Chen-Lim, Warren Frankenberger, Kimberly A DiGerolamo, Elizabeth D. Ten Have, and Margaret McCabe
Evidence in hand: Optimizing the unique skill set of a hospital-based center for nursing research and evidence-based practice., Elizabeth Froh, Eloise L. Flood, Julia G. Lavenberg, Ruth Lebet, Amy Jo Lisanti, Diane L Spatz, and Margaret McCabe
Lactation Outcomes Among Dyads Following Participation in a Model of Group Prenatal Care for Patients with Prenatally Diagnosed Fetal Anomalies., Elizabeth Froh, Jessica Schwarz, and Diane L Spatz
Mothers Who Engage in Long-Term Informal Milk Sharing., Deirdre McNally and Diane L Spatz
Disparities in Breastfeeding and Use of Pasteurized Donor Human Milk., Diane L Spatz
Predictors of specialty certification among paediatric hospital nurses., Karen B Lasater, Rebecca R S Clark, Margaret McCabe, Warren Frankenberger, Paula M Agosto, Kathryn A Riman, and Linda H Aiken
Historical Antecedents of Breastfeeding for African American Women: from the Pre-Colonial Period to the Mid-Twentieth Century., Adetola F Louis-Jacques, Stephanie L Marhefka, Jessica Brumley, Ellen J Schafer, Tomaro I Taylor, Alyssa J Brown, Taylor A Livingston, Diane L Spatz, and Elizabeth M Miller
Skin-to-Skin Care Is a Safe and Effective Comfort Measure for Infants Before and After Neonatal Cardiac Surgery., Amy Jo Lisanti, Abigail C. Demianczyk, Andrew Costarino, Maria G Vogiatzi, Rebecca Hoffman, Ryan Quinn, Jesse L Chittams, and Barbara Medoff-Cooper
Telehealth Home Monitoring and Postcardiac Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease., Barbara Medoff Cooper, Bradley S Marino, Desiree A Fleck, Amy Jo Lisanti, Nadya Golfenshtein, Chitra Ravishankar, John M Costello, Liming Huang, Alexandra L Hanlon, and Martha A Q Curley
Developing Leadership Competencies in Midlevel Nurse Leaders: An Innovative Approach., Megan Nghe, Jennifer Hart, Susan Ferry, Larissa Hutchins, and Ruth Lebet
Protecting Milk Supply During the COVID-19 Pandemic., Diane L Spatz
Traumatic stress in emergency nurses: Does your work environment feel like a war zone?, Lisa A Wolf, Altair M Delao, Cydne Perhats, Paul R Clark, Courtney Edwards, and Warren Frankenberger
Holding and Mobility of Pediatric Patients With Transthoracic Intracardiac Catheters., Amy Jo Lisanti, Stephanie Helman, Andrea Sorbello, Jamie Fitzgerald, Annemarie D'Amato, Xuemei Zhang, and J William Gaynor
Outcome-Focused Critical Care Orientation Program: From Unit Based to Centralized., Kathleen Monforto, Madeline Perkel, Donna Rust, Raymond Wildes, Karen King, and Ruth Lebet
Improving Human Milk and Breastfeeding Rates in a Perinatal Hospital in Japan: A Quality Improvement Project., Hara Takako, Matsumoto Mizue, Hosotani Izumi, Ozawa Chie, Tanishima Harue, Mieko Uchida, and Diane L Spatz
How Much Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Does a Pediatric Emergency Provider Perform in 1 Year? A Video-Based Analysis., Aaron Donoghue, Mary Kate Abbadessa, Ting-Chang Hsieh, Warren Frankenberger, and Sage Myers
Improving Breastfeeding for Homeless Families., Diane L Spatz
The COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Childbirth Educators in Promoting and Protecting Breastfeeding., Diane L Spatz
Informal Milk Sharing for the Hospitalized at-Risk Infant in the Ultra-Orthodox-Haredi Jewish Community in the United States., Toby Bressler, Laura M Dambra-Candelaria, and Diane L Spatz
Sedation Practices of Neonates Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation., Christine D Franciscovich, Heather M Monk, Darcy Brodecki, Rachel Rogers, Natalie E Rintoul, Holly L Hedrick, and Elizabeth Ely
Safety and Quality of Pediatric Care in Freestanding Children's and General Hospitals., Karen B Lasater, Margaret McCabe, Eileen T Lake, Warren Frankenberger, Kathryn E. Roberts, Paula M Agosto, Kathryn A Riman, Amanda P Bettencourt, Elizabeth S Schierholz, Gianluca Catania, and Linda H Aiken
Kangaroo Care for Hospitalized Infants with Congenital Heart Disease., Amy Jo Lisanti, Alessandra Buoni, Megan Steigerwalt, Michelle Daly, Stephanie McNelis, and Diane L Spatz
A Collaborative Learning Assessment of Developmental Care Practices for Infants in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit., Thomas A Miller, Amy Jo Lisanti, Madolin K Witte, Justin J Elhoff, William T Mahle, Karen C Uzark, Nneka Alexander, and Samantha C Butler
Changing the Prenatal Care Paradigm to Improve Breastfeeding Outcomes., Diane L Spatz
Consortium Building for Nurse Scientists Interested in Symptoms Research in the Era of Precision Health., Chao-Pin Hsiao, Kristin Dickinson, Velda Gonzalez-Mercado, Debra Lynch Kelly, Nada Lukkahatai, Margaret McCabe, Samantha Mayo, Rita Musanti, and Leorey N Saligan
Breastfeeding experiences of same-sex mothers., Nina A Juntereal and Diane L Spatz
Using focus groups to improve nursing satisfaction., Alexandra Nelson and Warren Frankenberger
Using World Breastfeeding Week to Transform Institutional Culture., Diane L Spatz
Trauma and resilience in Holocaust memoir. Strategies of self-preservation and inter-generational encounter with narrative, Shira Birnbaum
Implementation of a Human Milk & Breastfeeding Committee for Neonatal Nurses, L. G. Dell and Diane L Spatz
Implementation of a Centralized Mechanism to Enrich the Quality of Nursing Research within a Children's Hospital., Elizabeth Froh, Warren Frankenberger, Ruth Lebet, Mei Lin Chen-Lim, and Margaret McCabe
Editorial: Research Priorities for Lactation and Breastfeeding, Diane L Spatz
Using Gender-Neutral Terms in Lactation., Diane L Spatz
Promoting and Protecting Human Milk and Breastfeeding in a COVID-19 World., Diane L Spatz, Riccardo Davanzo, Janis A Müller, Rebecca Powell, Virginie Rigourd, Ann Yates, Donna T Geddes, Johannes B van Goudoever, and Lars Bode
The perceived impact of legalized cannabis on nursing workload in adult and pediatric emergency department visits: A qualitative exploratory study, Lisa A Wolf, Cydne Perhats, Paul R Clark, Warren Frankenberger, and Michael D Moon