Open AccessA Quality Improvement Plan for Implementing an Innovative Organization System for Pediatric Airway Patients
Author(s) -
Aileen Kerns,
Rebecca Mahoney,
Kathryn Deeds,
Keshia Boone-Edwards,
Muriel D. Ross,
Bianca Siegel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pediatric intensive care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2146-4618
pISSN - 2146-4626
DOI - 10.1055/s-0040-1721381
Subject(s) - medicine , nursing , quality management , likert scale , airway , medical emergency , intervention (counseling) , intensive care medicine , operations management , surgery , management system , statistics , mathematics , economics
Risks of pediatric tracheostomy are well known. The objectives of this quality improvement study were to organize tracheostomy supplies into a comprehensive care kit and demonstrate that the kits improved nursing and parental comfort in providing tracheostomy care routinely and emergently. Kits were assembled using roll-up toiletry style bags and organized in a uniform fashion with necessary supplies. Nurses and parents were surveyed using a 5-point Likert-type. Feedback was overall very positive; the kits were found to ease the transition of caring for a child with a new tracheostomy from hospital to home. This intervention can easily be adapted at other pediatric institutions.