Parent and Provider Experience and Shared Understanding After a Family-Centered Nighttime Communication Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess parent and provider experience and shared understanding after a family-centered, multidisciplinary nighttime communication intervention (nurse-physician brief, family huddle, family update sheet).

Methods

We performed a prospective intervention study at a children's hospital from May 2013 to October 2013 (preintervention period) and May 2014 to October 2014 (postintervention period). Participants included 464 parents, 176 nurses, and 52 resident physicians of 582 hospitalized 0- to 17-year-old patients. Pre- versus postintervention, we compared parent/provider top-box scores (eg, "excellent") for experience with communication across several domains; and level of agreement (shared understanding) between parent, nurse, and resident reports of patients' reas

SUBMITTER: Khan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5438159 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May - Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature