Navigating stress in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit among parents of children with severe neurological impairment

Navigating stress in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit among parents of children with severe neurological impairment
J Pain Symptom Manage, by Jori F. Bogetz, MD; Justin Yu, MD, MS; Ellie Oslin, BA; Krysta S. Barton, PhD, MPH; Joyce P. Yi-Frazier, PhD; Robert Scott Watson, MD, MPH; Abby R. Rosenberg, MD, MA, MS; 12/23
This qualitative study of 15 parents of children with severe neurological impairment highlights various ways parents and family caregivers navigate stress in the pediatric intensive care unit, including both self-activation and letting go, with the most reported practices being advocating for their child and being supported by compassionate clinicians.