A Nurse Transitional Home Visit Following Pediatric Hospitalizations

J Nurs Adm. 2016 Dec;46(12):642-647. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000420.

Abstract

By incorporating focused feedback from families and other stakeholders a multidisciplinary team redesigned a single nurse home visit to improve transitions to home for pediatric patients following short-stay, acute care hospitalizations. Refinements to the nurse-led transitional home visit included standardization of teaching focused on condition- and medication-specific concerns, the use of red flags or warning signs to prompt caregiver action, and the provision of reassurance.

MeSH terms

  • Caregivers / education*
  • Caregivers / psychology
  • Child
  • Continuity of Patient Care / organization & administration*
  • Continuity of Patient Care / standards
  • House Calls*
  • Humans
  • Models, Organizational
  • Patient Discharge
  • Pediatric Nursing / methods
  • Pediatric Nursing / organization & administration*
  • Pediatric Nursing / standards