Paediatric caregivers: The characteristics of inpatient and discharge advice

This thesis evaluates paediatric caregiver experience and understanding of discharge advice as improved caregiver understanding may reduce representations to hospital, improve health literacy, and improve long term health outcomes. METHOD A qualitative inductive approach allowed caregiver experience to emerge from ten randomised caregiver interviews. Children were under 15 years of age and who had their first admission to hospital with a medical condition. FINDINGS Emergent themes were: 1) Health Literacy and Communication; 2) Day of discharge issues; 3) Anxiety; 4) Discharge planning and 5) Accessing health care in their community. Themes discussed are Health Literacy and Communication, Day of Discharge Issues and Discharge Planning. CONCLUSION Health Literacy and Communication is a major barrier to effective communication. Recommendations: to improve utilisation of the Maori Health Unit and Pacific Health Navigator service; review the discharge planning process; verbal explanation of the discharge summary to caregivers at the time of discharge; develop a patient-directed discharge letter for caregivers written in plain English.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Nursing

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Grantor

Eastern Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Dunphy, Norah Maria

• New Zealand
• paediatrics
• care givers
• discharge information
• communication

Statement dc:rights

• All rights reserved

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6270

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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