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Improving Quality Of Communication In Pediatric Perioperative Outpatient Setting Using Aidet And Commit To Sit, Hyo Ryung Kim
Improving Quality Of Communication In Pediatric Perioperative Outpatient Setting Using Aidet And Commit To Sit, Hyo Ryung Kim
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Abstract
Problem: Effective and therapeutic communication in the health care setting is multidisciplinary,
complex, and has unique challenges for each microsystem. The perioperative setting is an
especially challenging environment for healthcare workers to provide therapeutic
communication, as uniquely high-risk and time-sensitive information must be disseminated in a
language that is understandable for the patient(Osborne-Smith & Kyle Hodgen, 2017). A
microsystem assessment of an outpatient pediatric perioperative setting reflected some of the
challenges the healthcare workers were facing when communicating with their patients and
family members. Upon evaluation of the monthly NRC (National Research Corporation) score
prior to implementation of two …