Authors

Marisa Camejo1, María Maluenda Martínez2, Mariana Durañona3, Bernardita de las Carreras4, Sol Elhaiek Bracco4, María del Pilar Fernández Navia4

Position

1Magíster en Salud Materno-Infantil. Licenciada en Enfermería. Especialista en Administración y Gestión de Servicios de Enfermería. Coordinadora de Enfermería. Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos. Hospital Universitario Austral. Buenos Aires (Argentina)2Licenciada en Enfermería. Máster en Atención integral al paciente crítico y emergencias. Máster de efectividad clínica sanitaria. Docente. Escuela de Enfermería. Universidad Austral. Buenos Aires (Argentina)3Especialista en Enfermería Oncológica. Internación General Pediátrica. Hospital Universitario Austral. Buenos Aires (Argentina)4Graduada en Enfermería. Universidad Austral. Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Contact address

Marisa Camejo. Hospital Universitario Austral. Avda. Juan Domingo Perón, 1500. 1629 Pilar. Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Contact email: mcamejo@cas.austral.edu.ar

Abstract

Objective: to describe the profile of the education at discharge for paediatric patients at a private high-complexity hospital in Buenos Aires.
Method: a cross-sectional descriptive study. The nurses from the General Paediatrics and Intensive Care Units completed an online questionnaire, anonymous and voluntarily, about their professional seniority and the education provided at discharge home to paediatric patients who received it from September 2022 to February 2023. The questionnaire included time, content format of the education, understanding by the patient, adequate setting, handing of a discharge report. The age of the patients and admission characteristics were collected through clinical records. Descriptive and inferential statistics were conducted.
Results: in total, 150 surveys were collected out of the 2,055 patients discharged home. The average age of patients was 5 years, and 69% had a chronic condition. Nurses spent an average 16.6 minutes on this; 94.6% were verbal, including aspects related to pharmacological treatment (71.8%) and warning signs (85%). Discharge reports were provided in 100% of cases. Statistically significant differences were found in the time spent on education based on nurse seniority (< five years: 15.9 minutes; 5 to 10 years: 11.3 minutes; >10 years: 20.8 minutes; p<0.000).
Conclusions: there was a low response rate, which could be due, among other reasons, to lack of consensus in the definition of education at discharge. The average time used was 16 minutes, and discharge reports were always included.

Keywords:

nurses; patient education as topic; patient discharge; patient safety; health communication; cross-sectional studies

Versión en Español

Título:

Educación al alta en las unidades pediátricas de un hospital bonaerense de alta complejidad