A comprehensive pediatric bone marrow transplant documentation tool.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the development and use of a tool to document assessment and provision of education to children undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and their families.


METHODS
A hospital's BMT Clinical Issues Committee, BMT staff, and hospital standards.


RESULTS
A comprehensive tool was developed to complement the hospital's admission tool to facilitate assessment and documentation of BMT-specific education of the patient and family. The implementation of the tool was specifically designed to facilitate its use across outpatient and inpatient settings.


CONCLUSIONS
Based on quality assurance indicators, the tool has succeeded in documenting appropriate education activities.


CONCLUSIONS
A consistent and organized approach to documentation is beneficial to nursing practice. This tool can be adapted to any clinical situation where educational needs are great.
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St. Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri, USA.
D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000451:nursing*; D002648:Child; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009737:Nursing Records; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care