title: Development and assessment of a home care tracheotomy manual.
abstract: As home care tracheotomy has become a viable option for children with long-term canulation, medical personnel are challenged to provide as safe an environment as possible out of the hospital for these children. The tools used in the training of the families and other caregivers have received little attention in the literature. This study describes the development of a home-care tracheotomy manual for parents. The use of appropriate content presented in an organized, informative and pleasing fashion at the appropriate reading level is stressed. The evaluation of the manual by parents with children who have a child with a tracheotomy is also described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York, Buffalo School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kingston
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brodsky
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Volk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stanievich
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000451:nursing*