title: Reasons to customize a tracheostomy patient education booklet.
abstract: Given the breadth of commercial materials currently available for patient education, healthcare providers are often led to believe that it is no longer necessary to generate institution-specific patient education materials. This paper describes the comprehensive methods and criteria used by a group of inpatient nurse educators to critically review their existing booklet for tracheostomy patient education against those available commercially. The group concluded that a revised institution-specific publication remains the best complement to their program for tracheostomy patient teaching.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Nursing Practice, Education & Research, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Cherie A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Smith-Miller
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010174:Pamphlets; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014139:Tracheostomy