• To recognise that parents of infants who undergo cardiac surgery need preparation for home discharge
• To familiarise yourself with the Congenital Heart Assessment Tool (CHAT), a parental early warning tool
• To read about an e-learning resource designed to enhance the use of the CHAT by healthcare professionals
Parents need to be appropriately prepared by knowledgeable healthcare professionals before going home with their infant following cardiac surgery for complex congenital heart disease (CHD). A quality improvement project was undertaken between 2018 and 2021 to equip healthcare professionals including children’s cardiac nurses with the knowledge required to use the Congenital Heart Assessment Tool (CHAT) to teach parents how to monitor their infant at home. The project involved developing, implementing and evaluating an e-learning resource that included simulated scenarios captured on video. An online survey showed that users perceived the e-learning resource as having a positive effect on their understanding of complex CHD and their practice of preparing parents for discharge and home monitoring.
Nursing Children and Young People. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1515
Peer reviewThis article has been subject to open peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software
Correspondence Conflict of interestNone declared
Gaskin K, Daniels A (2024) Enhancing discharge preparation for parents after complex cardiac surgery: evaluation of an e-learning resource for nurses. Nursing Children and Young People. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1515
Published online: 08 July 2024
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