Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 367-374 , October 2010

Content Validation of the Infant Malnutrition and Feeding Checklist for Congenital Heart Disease: A Tool to Identify Risk of Malnutrition and Feeding Difficulties in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease

  • Astrid St. Pierre, BSc(OT), MRSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
    • Cardiac Sciences Program, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Astrid St. Pierre, BSc(OT), MRSc.
    • ,
  • Parveen Khattra, RD, CNSD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Sciences Program, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Mandy Johnson, RN

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Sciences Program, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Laurie Cender, BScN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Sciences Program, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Applied Science (Nursing), University of British Columbia
    • ,
  • Sandra Manzano, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Program, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Liisa Holsti, PhD, OT(R)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

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1 Readers are invited to communicate their experience with the checklist to the corresponding author to further refine items and build a database.

PII: S0882-5963(09)00117-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2009.04.009

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 367-374 , October 2010

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