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A comprehensive pediatric bone marrow transplant documentation tool
1St. Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri, USA.
Insights
A new tool effectively documents education for children undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and their families. This standardized approach improves nursing practice and can be adapted for various clinical settings.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Oncology
- Nursing Education
- Healthcare Informatics
Background:
- Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) requires comprehensive patient and family education.
- Effective documentation of educational interventions is crucial for quality care and nursing practice.
- Existing documentation methods may not adequately capture BMT-specific educational needs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and describe a tool for documenting the assessment and provision of education for pediatric BMT patients and families.
- To enhance the systematic documentation of BMT-related patient and family education.
Main Methods:
- Development of a comprehensive documentation tool by a BMT Clinical Issues Committee and BMT staff.
- Alignment of the tool with hospital standards and existing admission documentation.
- Design for seamless integration into both outpatient and inpatient settings.
Main Results:
- A comprehensive tool was created to supplement existing hospital admission tools.
- The tool facilitates the assessment and documentation of BMT-specific education for patients and families.
- Implementation was designed for consistent use across diverse clinical environments.
Conclusions:
- Quality assurance indicators confirm the tool's success in documenting appropriate educational activities.
- A consistent and organized documentation approach benefits nursing practice.
- The developed tool is adaptable to other clinical situations with significant educational requirements.
Purpose/Objectives:
To describe the development and use of a tool to document assessment and provision of education to children undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and their families.
Data Sources:
A hospital's BMT Clinical Issues Committee, BMT staff, and hospital standards.
Data Synthesis:
A comprehensive tool was developed to complement the hospital's admission tool to facilitate assessment and documentation of BMT-specific education of the patient and family. The implementation of the tool was specifically designed to facilitate its use across outpatient and inpatient settings.
Conclusions:
Based on quality assurance indicators, the tool has succeeded in documenting appropriate education activities.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
A consistent and organized approach to documentation is beneficial to nursing practice. This tool can be adapted to any clinical situation where educational needs are great.