Improving Golden Hour Care Coordination: Using Defined Roles to Improve Nurse Confidence and Care Coordination of Neonates Following Admission.

ABSTRACT:

Study aim

To investigate whether use of admission lanyards improves nurse confidence, care coordination, and infant health outcomes during neonatal emergency admissions.

Methods

Admission lanyards that defined team roles, tasks, and responsibilities were evaluated in a mixed-methods, historically controlled, and nonrandomized intervention study. Methods included (i) 81 pre- and postintervention surveys to explore nurse confidence, (ii) 8 postintervention semistructured interviews to elicit nurse perceptions of care coordination and nurse confidence, and (iii) a quantitative comparison of infant care coordination and health outcomes for 71 infant admissions before and 72 during the intervention.

Results

Nurse participants reported that using lanyards during neonatal ad

SUBMITTER: Ardern J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10445624 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul-Sep 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature