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As such, we aimed to understand the experience of inpatient clinicians caring for clinically deteriorating children with evolving acute care needs in community hospitals.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a qualitative study, utilizing an inductive approach, from November 2023 to May 2024. Using purposive sampling, we conducted semi-structured interviews with pediatric hospitalists, nurses, and respiratory therapists from 16 community hospitals in the Northeastern United States. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twenty-three clinicians participated. We identified 4 themes: (1) Trust-based collaborative decision-making; (2) Adaptive clinical decision-making strategies; (3) Building pediatric-specific capability; (4) The invisible labor of isolated pediatric expertise and its emotional toll. A framework linking clinician experiences to individual and hospital-level consequences was derived, and 14 components for a future pediatric inpatient readiness toolbox were identified.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Community clinicians caring for deteriorating children rely on trusted relationships, ongoing decision-making under resource constraints, and locally developed preparedness systems. Future pediatric inpatient readiness frameworks should incorporate these contextual factors alongside traditional measures of staffing, equipment, medications, and clinical capability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/hpeds.2026-009288","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,21]],"date-time":"2026-09-21T00:03:32Z","timestamp":1789949012000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Voices From the Community: How Inpatient Clinicians Experience Caring for Deteriorating Children"],"prefix":"10.1542","author":[{"given":"Daniela","family":"Hochreiter","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Yale School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hospital Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jordan","family":"Silberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Yale School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hospital Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lara","family":"Batey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. 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