Implementation of a discharge pathway to decrease infant's postoperative length of stay in a cardiac intensive care unit

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dc.contributor.advisorLoika, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorBuckner, Brenda Rachelle
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLee, Kyoung
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDavis,Liana
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2388-3649en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-06T20:51:24Z
dc.date.available2022-12-06T20:51:24Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-08
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nursing Practice from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas.en_US
dc.description.abstractCongenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most prevalent of all birth defects. In the United States there are about 40,000 new cases diagnosed annually. About 25% of those infants have a critical congenital heart defect (CCHD) requiring surgical intervention in the first 30 days of life in order to survive. Discharge from the hospital to home is a major process that, if fragmented, is inconsistent or unstructured can lead to medication errors, treatment delays, increased health care costs, and lower quality of care. Safely transitioning infants with CCHDs from the hospital to home requires planning that begins on admission. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to determine if implementing a standardized discharge pathway for infants with CCHDs could improve the discharge processes and decrease postoperative length of stay in a 22-bed mixed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). The pathway was initiated on all infants requiring a surgical intervention within the first 30 days of life. The aim of having 100% of participants with a completed checklist by the end of the three-month project and 100% of parents completing the required rooming in period before discharge were met. However, no decrease in PLOS was demonstrated in this quality improvement cycle for STAT 2 and STAT 3 categories and a 0.5 day decrease in PLOS was demonstrated in STAT 5.en_US
dc.description.collegeCollege of Nursing and Health Sciencesen_US
dc.description.departmentNursing Practiceen_US
dc.format.extent52 pagesen_US
dc.identifier1969.6/1139
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/94529
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.subjectcritical congenital heart defectsen_US
dc.subjectdischargeen_US
dc.subjectPLOSen_US
dc.titleImplementation of a discharge pathway to decrease infant's postoperative length of stay in a cardiac intensive care uniten_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreDissertation
dc.type.genreDissertationen_US
dcterms.typeText
thesis.degree.disciplineNursing Practiceen_US
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A & M University--Corpus Christi
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A & M University--Corpus Christien_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Nursing Practiceen_US

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