Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe the medical management and supportive care of our encephalopathic pediatric patients
2. Discuss several methods of medically managing increased ICP in the PICU
3. Cite the importance of early antibiotic initiation and key nursing implications for treatment of meningitis in the PICU
4. Recall escalation of medications for status epilepticus

Faculty 

Kristy Parker, BS, RN, CCRN-K
Assistant Nurse Manager/Educator
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Baystate Children's Hospital

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.