Nurse Practitioners

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The Mott PICU Nurse Practitioner Program was begun in 2006. Our very own longstanding PICU bedside nurse, Janella Reske, was the founding member. The program has grown its ranks to eleven, recruiting nursing expertise from diverse acute care settings. The nurse practitioners are integrated team members, practicing shoulder-to-shoulder with physician counterparts. In addition to providing vital direct patient care to all types of PICU patients, they are also an outstanding educational resource for rotating residents and beginning fellows, and provide valuable continuity with their 7-days-a-week, 365 days-a-year presence on the unit. Nurse practitioners in the Mott PICU are also actively engaged in research, patient safety, and quality improvement activities.

Vision Statement:

The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner Program strives to provide inclusive, holistic, evidence-based care to critically ill children and their families.

Mission Statement:

The PCCM-NP Program is a group of advanced practice registered nurses with specialty certification in pediatrics within the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

    • We advocate for and practice comprehensive, compassionate, state-of-the-art care to critically ill children and their families globally.
    • We advance nursing, medicine, and science through participation and planning of both single- and multi-centered clinical trials, patient safety, and quality improvement initiatives. 
    • We participate in Professional organizations at local, regional, state and national levels.
    • We educate interdisciplinary trainees and Hospital Staff.

 

Kaitlyn Bayliss, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Clinical interests: Hematology/oncology, neurocritical care, acute kidney injury, CRRT, pediatric ARDS, ECMO

Research interests: Pediatric sepsis

Hospital/Unit Committee: Pediatric APP professional development

Michelle Dokas

Michelle Dokas, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Clinical Interests: Pediatric Cardiology/Cardiovascular Surgery, ECMO, Transplant, Renal Failure

Publications:

  • Dokas, M. (2020). Preterm infant unable to wean from mechanical ventilation. Cases in Pediatric Acute Care; strengthening clinical decision making (pp. 247-249). Wiley Blackwell.
  • Dokas, M. A. (2019). Renal System.  ACN Core Curriculum for Pediatric High Acuity, Progressive, and Critical Care Nursing (Third ed., pp. 445-478). Springer Publishing Company
  • Dokas, M. (2016). Support of cardiovascular function, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), ventricular assist devices (VAD). Lippincott Certification Review; Pediatric acute care nurse practitioner (162-163, 165-167). Wolters Kluwer.
Brandi Guyton

Brandi Guyton, MSN, CPNP-AC/PC

Kimberly Siebert, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Kimberly Kimbrel, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Clinical interests: Bronchiolitis, ARDS, neurocritical care, extracorporeal support (ECMO, CRRT)

Research interests: PROSpect and other clinical trials in pediatric critical care

Hospital/Unit Committees: Prone positioning committee, employee wellness and engagement, MHealthy

Laura Meeker, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Laura Meeker, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Clinical interests: Bronchiolitis, ARDS, ECMO, palliative care, nutrition, APRN role transitions
Research interests: Delirium, long-term effects of opiates and benzodiazapines on pediatric brain development, development of nurse-driven sedation, nutrition in critically ill children

Hospital/Unit Committee: Nutrition in critically ill children clinical practice guideline committee

 

Nicole Miller, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Nicole Miller, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Clinical interests: Acute and chronic kidney injury, renal transplant

Research interests: Indwelling device-associated infections in the pediatric ICU

Hospital/Unit Committee: PICU central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) committee, pediatric APP professional development

Blythe Pollack, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Blythe Pollack, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC (@blythe_pollack)

Clinical interests: Trauma/burn, pediatric ARDS, ECMO, early mobility, acute kidney injury, CRRT, pharmacology/toxicity, moral distress, work-life integration   
Research interests: Resuscitation science and simulation, early mobility in critical illness and with ECMO, outcomes after critical illness, APP utilization in pediatric critical care, methylene blue use in vasoplegic shock

Hospital/Unit Committee: Neurocritical care co-lead, early mobility, CPR/Code committee 

Publications

  • Pollack, B. (2020). Infant with Generalized Weakness. Cases in Pediatric Acute Care: Strengthening Clinical Decision Making. Hoboken, Wiley-Blackwell, 2020.
  • Pollack, B. & Sears, S. Infant with Neurological Changes and Respiratory Failure. Cases in Pediatric Acute Care: Strengthening Clinical Decision Making. Hoboken, Wiley-Blackwell, 2020.
  • Pollack, B; Barbaro, R; Carlton, EF; 1441: Lactic Acidosis and Multisystem Organ Failure Following Ibuprofen Overdose Requiring Hemodialysis, Critical Care Medicine: January 2020 - Volume 48 - Issue 1 - p 697 doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000645680.39089.1e
  • Lehr J, Masters A, Pollack B. Benzocaine-induced methemoglobinemia in the pediatric population. J Pediatr Nurs. 2012;27(5):583-588. doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2012.07.003

 

Janella Reske

Janella Reske, MS, RN, CPNP (@JanellaReske)

Lead Nurse Practitioner

Clinical interests: Transplant, neurosurgical care, pediatric ARDS, sepsis, electronic medical record, delirium, nurse-driven sedation
Research interests: Targeted temperature management, PROSpect, clinical trials in pediatric critically ill patients
Hospital/Unit Committees: iPower, Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO), Sedation Committee, Central APRN Committee

Publication:  

Stacey Sears, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Stacey Sears, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC (@StaceSears)

Clinical interests: Surviving sepsis campaign, ECMO management, methylene blue in vasoplegic shock
Research interests: Improving pediatric sepsis outcomes, parental stress due to invasive procedures in the PICU, moral distress in the PICU, PICU quality improvement
Hospital/Unit Committees: Bereavement Committee, C&W NP Group and Planning Committee, Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO), C&W Morbidity & Mortality; MNRS Leadership Academy 2021-2022 

Academic: Adjunct Leo Lecturer, University of Michigan School of Nursing

Publications:

  • Harding, M. , Sorkin, T. , McCaffery, H. , Pizzo, M. , Punches, A. , Sears, S. & Odetola, F. (2020). Parental Acute Stress due to Invasive Procedures in the Pediatric Intensive care Unit. Critical Care Medicine, 48(1), 396. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000631468.53581.17.
  • Pollack, B & Sears, S. Infant with Neurological Changes and Respiratory Failure. Cases in Pediatric Acute Care: Strengthening Clinical Decision Making. Hoboken, Wiley-Blackwell, 2020
Stephanie Robell

Stephanie Wall, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Clinical interests: Neurocritical care, difficult airway, airway splints, simulation science
Research interests: Diagnostic errors, PROSpect, clinical trials in pediatric critically ill patients, APRN education and training
Hospital/Unit Committee: Difficult airway taskforce, Neurocritical care co-lead

Publications

 

Christine Renke

Christine Weber, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC

Clinical interest: Acute kidney injury, CRRT

Research interest: Quality improvement, APRN education and training

Hospital/Unit Committee: Renovascular hypertension team, Pediatric APP Professional Development Planning Committee; Advanced Level on Nurse Practitioner-Professional Practice Ladder 

Other: University of Michigan School of Nursing Clinical Adjunct Faculty Network

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Alexandria Worrell, BSN, RN, CPNP-AC

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