Parents' Assessment of an Advanced-Practice Nurse and Care Coordination Assistant Model Medical Care Coordination Program for Children With Medical Complexity.
J Pediatr Health Care
; 34(4): 325-332, 2020.
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| ID: mdl-32171613
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Care for many children with medical complexity (CMC) is fragmented, leading to increased family dissatisfaction and stress. We evaluated the impact of an Advanced-Practice Nurse and Care Coordination Assistant model medical care coordination program (MCCP) for CMC at an urban tertiary pediatric hospital on caregivers' perceptions of several health care indicators.METHOD:
A retrospective pre-post survey was administered to parents of CMC enrolled in an MCCP for a minimum of 6 months. Questions were grouped into four domains quality of life, caregiver satisfaction, care coordination, and caregiver self-efficacy. Mean scores of questions in each domain were compared from before program enrollment with those at the time of survey completion, using paired sample t tests.RESULT:
There was an increase in the mean score in all four domains.DISCUSSION:
Parents of CMC experience an Advanced-Practice Nurse and Care Coordination Assistant model MCCP to be effective in improving the navigation of and satisfaction with their child's health care environment.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Chronic Disease
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Caregivers
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Advanced Practice Nursing
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Pediatr Health Care
Journal subject:
ENFERMAGEM
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PEDIATRIA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article