Session 2: Trach Me Home One S.T.E.P. at a Time: Implementing a Standardized Tracheostomy Education Plan for Discharge for Children with Tracheostomies

SPN Fall Virtual Conference Session 2: Trach Me Home One S.T.E.P. at a Time: Implementing a Standardized Tracheostomy Education Plan for Discharge for Children with Tracheostomies

• Session Track: Evidence Based Practice (EBP)
• Jennifer Lee Flores Petrasanta, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, CLC and Alexandra Diaz, MSN, RNC-NIC, PHN, Donna de Guzman, BSN
• This EBP project aims to improve tracheostomy-related outcomes by developing a Standardized Tracheostomy Education Plan that comprises a discharge bundle and 10 steps for discharge. Caregivers were surveyed using the readiness for hospital discharge scale and the post-discharge coping difficulty scale with follow-up open-ended questions. Caregiver perceptions regarding their standardized trach "go-bag" were also explored and compliance was audited at every clinic visit.

Outcome: 85% of the participants will self-report having gained new knowledge and/or strategies to implement into practice based on the information provided. 

Continuing Education:  Society of Pediatric Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 16532.

Contact Hour: 0.5 NCPD Contact Hour

Successful completion:

1.        View session recording.

2.        Complete on-line course evaluation and attestation of completion

Relevant Financial Relationships:

Dr Ryan McDonough, DO, FAAP, is faculty for this educational event and is a consultant and speaker for Sanofi. The relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated. 

There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for others involved with the ability to control the content of this activity