Pediatric trauma nurse practitioners increase bedside nurses' satisfaction with pediatric trauma patient care.
OBJECTIVE
Our Level I Pediatric Trauma Center employs pediatric nurse practitioners (PNP) to manage inpatients. We hypothesized that the involvement of a PNP would lead to increased nursing staff satisfaction with patient care.


METHODS
Children admitted to the trauma service were randomized to PNP or resident care groups. Nurses caring for these children were asked to fill out a satisfaction survey regarding the care that the child received.


RESULTS
Sixty-five nurses participated. Nurses scored the PNP group significantly higher in human qualities, information given about the tests, management of the child's pain, and response time to pages/questions.


CONCLUSIONS
Involvement of the PNP leads to higher nursing satisfaction scores compared with residents while providing equivalent care for injured children.
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Kaaren Fanta
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Trauma Services, Division of Pediatric and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, MLC 3019, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. Kaaren.fanta@cchmc.org
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009820:Ohio; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014193:Trauma Centers; D014194:Traumatology / Q000458:organization & administration*