Abstract
Purpose: The pediatric asthma patient presenting to the Emergency Room requires prompt and reliable assessment leading to timely treatment. Our current Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage scoring system is not specific to Pediatric Asthma Assessment. The introduction of the Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure (PRAM), an asthma assessment tool, improved nursing assessment, communication of severity between providers, and timely care.
Design: This evidence-based quality improvement project and prospective study involved training of staff nurses in the use of the PRAM scoring tool over a 6 month period using education and training of super users, power point learning modules and practice scenarios. Super users acting as change agents were then charged with mentoring other staff members. Training also included knowledge sharing with Respiratory Therapy and medical providers.
Setting: Suburban pediatric Emergency Department that is a satellite campus of a midwestern pediatric teaching hospital.
Participants/Subjects: Participants: Pediatric Emergency Room Nurses in a Midwestern pediatric ED. All RN's in the department participated. No IRB was required for this QI project.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Quality Improvement
Research Approach
Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice
Keywords:
Pediatric Asthma, Quality Improvement, Emergency Department
Recommended Citation
Bontrager, Teresa and Brooker, Mary, "Introducing a pediatric respiratory assessment tool in a pediatric ED" (2017). General Submissions: Presenations (Oral and Poster). 193.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/gen_sub_presentations/2017/posters/193
Conference Name
Emergency Nursing 2017
Conference Host
Emergency Nurses Association
Conference Location
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Conference Year
2017
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Introducing a pediatric respiratory assessment tool in a pediatric ED
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Purpose: The pediatric asthma patient presenting to the Emergency Room requires prompt and reliable assessment leading to timely treatment. Our current Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage scoring system is not specific to Pediatric Asthma Assessment. The introduction of the Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure (PRAM), an asthma assessment tool, improved nursing assessment, communication of severity between providers, and timely care.
Design: This evidence-based quality improvement project and prospective study involved training of staff nurses in the use of the PRAM scoring tool over a 6 month period using education and training of super users, power point learning modules and practice scenarios. Super users acting as change agents were then charged with mentoring other staff members. Training also included knowledge sharing with Respiratory Therapy and medical providers.
Setting: Suburban pediatric Emergency Department that is a satellite campus of a midwestern pediatric teaching hospital.
Participants/Subjects: Participants: Pediatric Emergency Room Nurses in a Midwestern pediatric ED. All RN's in the department participated. No IRB was required for this QI project.