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Bronwyn K Gordon1, Jackie Crisp2
1Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia bronwyn.gordon@acu.edu.au.
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Preparing children for hospitalization enhances their experience. Collaboration among healthcare professionals improves preparation practices and shared responsibility, leading to better patient care.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Healthcare
- Patient Preparation
- Healthcare Professional Collaboration
Background:
- Childhood hospitalization can be a distressing experience for children and families.
- Effective preparation is crucial for mitigating negative impacts.
- Existing preparation materials may require optimization.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate a pre-existing preparation booklet for a specific medical procedure.
- To identify areas for improvement in content, format, and timing of preparation materials.
- To understand how healthcare professional collaboration influences preparation practices.
Main Methods:
- A group of healthcare professionals conducted an investigation.
- Analysis of a pre-existing preparation booklet for a specific procedure.
- Evaluation of the booklet's content, format, and timing.
Main Results:
- The evaluation identified specific areas for improvement in the preparation booklet.
- Collaboration among healthcare professionals was found to be a key factor.
- Shared professional power and responsibility emerged as important outcomes.
Conclusions:
- Healthcare professional collaboration is essential for enhancing pediatric patient preparation.
- Optimizing preparation materials and practices leads to improved patient experiences.
- Shared responsibility among professionals strengthens healthcare delivery.
Abstract:
The experience of childhood hospitalization may be improved by appropriate preparation. As part of a larger project to improve preparation practices for children and their families, a group of health-care professionals investigated the content, format and timing of a pre-existing preparation booklet for a particular procedure. This article analyses the evaluation of the preparation booklet that led to a finding that collaboration among health-care professionals enables improved practice and shared professional power and responsibility.
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