Strategies to maintain a family-centered care approach in the era of COVID-19: Experiences of a Canadian pediatric cardiology program.

Autor: Dorfman TL; Pediatric Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital, Unit 4C3/4C4, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada., Ash AL; Pediatric Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital, Unit 4C3/4C4, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada., Meakins LT; Pediatric Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital, Unit 4C3/4C4, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada., Conway J; Pediatric Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital, Unit 4C3/4C4, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada.; Department of Pediatrics, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 11405-87 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada., Escudero CA; Pediatric Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital, Unit 4C3/4C4, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada.; Department of Pediatrics, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 11405-87 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada., Cunningham CR; Pediatric Cardiology, Stollery Children's Hospital, Unit 4C3/4C4, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada.; Faculty of Nursing, 4-141 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta, 11405-87 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Progress in pediatric cardiology [Prog Pediatr Cardiol] 2021 Jun; Vol. 61, pp. 101370. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 20.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2021.101370
Abstrakt: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in strict provincial guidelines to prevent its spread. Physical distancing requirements, the postponement of elective pediatric cardiac surgeries and non-invasive cardiac interventions, and hospital visitor restrictions have significantly impacted services provided by our pediatric cardiac program. Rapid modifications to current inpatient and outpatient practices were required to maintain a family-centered care approach. Strategies our team used to maintain a family-centered care approach focused on six key areas including inpatient care, outpatient pediatric cardiology clinics, family meetings, discharge planning and teaching, the connection of inpatient pediatric patients to the outside world, and social support. The majority of our strategies are adaptable to other pediatric cardiology programs and some may prove useful after the pandemic and as restrictions lift. These strategies each have their own limitations and challenges that must be considered when adapting them to other pediatric cardiology programs and continuing their use after the pandemic has resolved.
Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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