Lighting the Way to Ensure Safe Transition Home

Authors

Barb Haney, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Ashley Mirabile, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Dianne Wilderson, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Beckie Palmer, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Ashley Lewis, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Cris Mills, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Eugenia K. Pallotto, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Publication Date

10-2019

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Abstract

All aspects of discharge (education, screenings, appointments, plans and home services" must be completed and appropriately communicated prior to discharge to ensure safe transition to home.

Goal: Standardize all aspects of discharge in a large, busy 84-bed Level IV NICU with >1000 admissions/year and >300 nurses, >60 NNPs, and >25 neonatologists.

• 95% of patients with lengths of stay >3 days have all discharge planning completed prior to discharge/Parent Care Unit overnight stay

MeSH Keywords

Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Patient Discharge/organization and administration; Infant, Newborn; Checklist

Keywords

NICU; ICN

Disciplines

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities | Critical Care | Critical Care Nursing | Health and Medical Administration | Pediatric Nursing | Pediatrics

Recommended Citation

Haney, Barb; Mirabile, Ashley; Wilderson, Dianne; Palmer, Beckie; Lewis, Ashley; Mills, Cris; and Pallotto, Eugenia K., "Lighting the Way to Ensure Safe Transition Home" (2019). Posters. 133.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/posters/133