• J Trauma Nurs · Apr 2006

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study

    Pediatric trauma nurse practitioners increase bedside nurses' satisfaction with pediatric trauma patient care.

    • Kaaren Fanta Shebesta, Becky Cook, Crystal Rickets, Lynn Schweer, Rebeccah L Brown, Victor F Garcia, and Richard A Falcone.
    • Trauma Services, Division of Pediatric and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, MLC 3019, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. Kaaren.fanta@cchmc.org
    • J Trauma Nurs. 2006 Apr 1; 13 (2): 66-9.

    PurposeOur Level I Pediatric Trauma Center employs pediatric nurse practitioners (PNP) to manage inpatients. We hypothesized that the involvement of a PNP would lead to increased nursing staff satisfaction with patient care.MethodsChildren admitted to the trauma service were randomized to PNP or resident care groups. Nurses caring for these children were asked to fill out a satisfaction survey regarding the care that the child received.FindingsSixty-five nurses participated. Nurses scored the PNP group significantly higher in human qualities, information given about the tests, management of the child's pain, and response time to pages/questions.ConclusionsInvolvement of the PNP leads to higher nursing satisfaction scores compared with residents while providing equivalent care for injured children.

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