title: Care of technology-dependent children in the home.
abstract: Home care for infants and children requiring life-sustaining technological interventions has been a common alternative to long-term hospitalization since the early 1980s. This has created a need for a sufficient pool of competent home health clinicians capable of providing highly skilled care in the home and of supporting family caregivers. The Pennsylvania Ventilator-Assisted Children's Home Program (VACHP) has developed and successfully implemented a 32-hour training program that has equipped more than 300 clinicians with the knowledge and skill level necessary to provide competent care for these children.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania Ventilator-Assisted Children's Home Program, 100 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. boroughs@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boroughs
authors.forename: Joan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dougherty
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D010414:Pennsylvania; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000451:nursing*; D014146:Training Support