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Improving Adolescent Health Care Transition: Piloting The Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire, Meghan D. Foster Msn, Rn-Bc
Improving Adolescent Health Care Transition: Piloting The Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire, Meghan D. Foster Msn, Rn-Bc
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Project Publications
Purpose. Successful adolescent health care transition (HCT) is a vital process in providing developmentally appropriate care and minimizing negative outcomes, especially in adolescents with special health care needs. The purpose of this mixed-methods quality improvement project was to pilot the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ) tool in a pediatric rheumatology clinic and assess its utility as a transition tool as well as to inquire about specific patient and family-based transition needs.
Methods. The TRAQ tool and follow-up survey were administered in dyads to all established pediatric rheumatology patients between the ages of 12-18, and one caregiver, who presented to the …