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Pediatric trauma nurse practitioners increase bedside nurses' satisfaction with pediatric trauma patient care
Kaaren Fanta Shebesta1, Becky Cook, Crystal Rickets
1Trauma Services, Division of Pediatric and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, MLC 3019, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. Kaaren.fanta@cchmc.org
Purpose:
Our Level I Pediatric Trauma Center employs pediatric nurse practitioners (PNP) to manage inpatients. We hypothesized that the involvement of a PNP would lead to increased nursing staff satisfaction with patient care.
Methods:
Children admitted to the trauma service were randomized to PNP or resident care groups. Nurses caring for these children were asked to fill out a satisfaction survey regarding the care that the child received.
Findings:
Sixty-five nurses participated. Nurses scored the PNP group significantly higher in human qualities, information given about the tests, management of the child's pain, and response time to pages/questions.
Conclusions:
Involvement of the PNP leads to higher nursing satisfaction scores compared with residents while providing equivalent care for injured children.
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