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Partial Hospitalization Program
Mental health treatment for children age 6 to 17. Patients attend the PHP during the day and return home at night to spend time with family and practice new skills.
Family meetings: A simple way to stay connected
Life gets busy. Between school, sports, work and everything else, it’s easy for families to feel out of sync. That’s where family meetings come in! We talked to a few families in our community to learn how...
Rome IV Criteria
Rome IV Diagnostic Criteria for Functional Constipation in Children Neonate/Toddler (Benninga et al., 2016) Child/Adolescent (Hyams et al., 2016) Infants and toddlers up to 4 years: One month of at least 2...
Patient < 2 years of age
For patients < 2 years of age, polyethylene glycol and lactulose may be appropriate, but patients < 2 may require nuanced consideration for underlying pathology, outside the scope of this pathway. Tabbers...
Daily Maintenance Therapy
Tips Daily maintenance therapy is a 3 pronged approach involving medications, behavioral modifications, and diet modifications If not improving despite following clean out and maintenance recommendations...
Safe Sleep, Safe Babies
There are about 3,500 sleep-related infant deaths each year in the U.S., with Black infants dying nearly twice the rate of white infants. While the number of deaths has reduced since the problem was first...
Visiting the Outpatient Infusion Clinic
Why are you visiting the Outpatient Infusion Clinic? You will be going to the Outpatient Infusion Clinic at Children’s Mercy to get some medicine that needs to be given to you by a nurse. Checking into...
Nursing Student Programs
We are one of the best pediatric medical centers in the nation. Child Magazine named us one of the top 10 children’s hospitals in America and has repeatedly earned nursing’s highest honor...
Allied Health and Certificates
Internships, practicums and award programs support certification on the road to a range of health care careers.
Video Resources for Equity and Diversity: "Walking the Talk"
"Walking the Talk" communicates the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion to the Children's Mercy mission and vision. Topics include race equality, faith traditions, misconceptions about...
Unique Experiences
Besides the core rotation curriculum, our program offers a variety of unique experiences. These additional opportunities give residents the ability to add to their knowledge of pediatrics in ways that are...
Aftercare Program
The Children's Mercy Aftercare Program provides a compassionate support system for terminally ill children and their families, families experiencing a death of a child, and the staff who care for the...
Library Services for Children's Mercy Employees
Library Services is dedicated to supporting patient care and the academic and research activities at Children’s Mercy. Librarians are available to help with library resource instruction, literature...
Notice of Nondiscrimination
The Children’s Mercy Hospital complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national original, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Tuberous Sclerosis and Neurofibromatosis Clinic
The Children’s Mercy Comprehensive Tuberous Sclerosis and Neurofibromatosis Clinic is a nationally recognized clinic that provides comprehensive multidisciplinary care for children with neurocutaneous...
Bone and Mineral Health Clinic
Bone disorders in children Children with all types of genetic and acquired bone disorders are evaluated and treated in Bone and Mineral Health Clinic. We also see referrals for the investigation and...
Getting a Vaccination
A vaccine is a medicine that protects your body from viruses that can make you feel sick. A vaccination is the shot of the vaccine you get into your body. Steps to getting a vaccination A nurse will...
Meet Aswini Betha
Aswini Betha, PhD, CLP, Senior Director, Technology Transfer & Commercialization, Office of Technology Transfer & Commercialization, talks about what drew him to his current research career, his career...
Severe Delayed Reactions Resource Page
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP) VisualDx Images in Children (CMH users) AGEP is a severe cutaneous adverse reaction that appears rapidly, often within 2-3 days of exposure. The reaction...
Severe Delayed Reactions
Severe cutaneous adverse drug reaction (SCARS) Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) Acute generalized exanthematous...