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March 5, 2021Journal of Pediatric NursingOpen Access

Nurse-Caregiver Communication of Hospital-To-Home Transition Information at a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital in Western Australia: A Multi-Stage Qualitative Descriptive Study

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Why the study?

The study aimed to observe and describe nurse-caregiver communication of hospital-to-home transition information at the time of discharge at a tertiary pediatric hospital.

Population

31 direct clinical observations, 20 caregivers, and 12 nurses at a tertiary children's hospital

Design

Multi-stage qualitative descriptive study

Follow-up

Within 30 days of discharge

Authors

HZHuaqiong ZhouPRPamela A. RobertsPDPhillip Della

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Overview

May heighten readmission risk among limited-English-proficiency families; hypothesis-generating for validated transition tools and interpreter protocols.

Structured PICO

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Population
31 direct clinical observations of hospital-to-home transition experiences, 20 caregivers, and 12 nurses at a tertiary children's hospital in Western Australia
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Intervention
Nurse-caregiver communication of hospital-to-home transition information at the time of discharge
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Outcome
Themes from content analysis: structure of hospital-to-home transition information; transition information delivery; readiness for discharge; and recovery experience post-hospital discharge

Inconsistent content and delivery of transition information impacts caregivers' perception of readiness for discharge, highlighting the need for validated readiness tools and interpreter services.

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Zhou et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a81e2ed78e42fa194a1f35ehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.02.017
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