title: Pediatric tracheotomy discharge teaching: a comprehensive checklist format.
abstract: Discharge planning for a child undergoing a tracheotomy is a complex process. In 1989, a multidisciplinary team at Children's Hospital of Michigan developed specific discharge criteria in a checklist format to address all facets of home care for these patients. We present and discuss the checklist. A survey of user satisfaction with the checklist demonstrated that 80% of parents and care-givers felt well-prepared by this format at the time their child was discharged from the hospital with a new tracheotomy. We conclude that the protocol allows for comprehensive and efficient discharge teaching of parents and care-givers for children with new tracheotomies.
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education; D002648:Child; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010351:Patient Discharge; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000451:nursing