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Nurses’ Perception Of Discharging The Medically Complex Pediatric Patient, Stacie Camille Licon
Nurses’ Perception Of Discharging The Medically Complex Pediatric Patient, Stacie Camille Licon
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The purpose of this study is to query the nurses for their perceptions of the barriers and facilitators of discharging medically complex pediatric patients from a freestanding children’s hospital in central California. Using a mixed methods research design via an online survey, 90 nurses identified 3 distinct themes that act as barriers. Those barriers include: 1) knowing the plan of care, 2) time, and 3) disposition of the family. Several implications for improving the discharge process for medically complex patients and overcoming the identified barriers include strategies to improve multidisciplinary communication, implementation of a Family Learning Center, use of video …
Pediatric Patients With Diabetes Transition To Adult Care, Sara Jennings
Pediatric Patients With Diabetes Transition To Adult Care, Sara Jennings
Doctoral Projects
The purpose of this study was to identify the optimal age to target transition to adult care education for adolescent and young adults (AYA) with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) as they transition from pediatric endocrinology providers to adult DM providers. A secondary purpose of this study was to identify if there was a relationship between attendance rate, age, gender, years diagnosed with DM, ethnicity, insurance type, Type of DM, and current county of residence with control of diabetes, measured by glycosylated hemoglobin (HgbA1c). A quantitative study through chart audits was conducted at Valley Children’s Healthcare, VCH, …