Open AccessApplying a ten-step framework as a strategy for implementing a guideline on emotional support for preschool-aged children in day-surgery nursing
Author(s) -
Hanna-Leena Melender,
Salla Pirkola,
Kaisa Imppola,
Helinä Ahonen,
Saija Seppelin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nursing education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-4059
pISSN - 1925-4040
DOI - 10.5430/jnep.v11n10p49
Subject(s) - guideline , nursing , medicine , unit (ring theory) , clinical practice , process (computing) , emotional support , nursing practice , psychology , process management , computer science , social support , engineering , psychotherapist , mathematics education , pathology , operating system
The purpose of this clinical practice guideline implementation effort was to put into practice a Finnish nursing guideline on emotional support for preschool-aged children in day-surgery nursing for nurses at a day-surgery unit. The strategy was to use a 10-step framework in the implementation process. In this brief article, the strategy and the outcomes of the guideline implementation effort are described.