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Nursing Education 2018
Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825
Page 60
April 23-25, 2018
Rome, Italy
27
th
Edition of World Congress on
Nursing Education &
Research
The Child Ready Virtual Pediatric Emergency Department
(CRVPedED): utilizing telehealth for the education and support
of rural emergency providers
J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C1-003
Background:
New Mexico is a rural state and access to pediatric
specific care can require travel over long distances. The providers
in rural areas do not utilize their pediatric skills and knowledge
often and can lack confidence in the decisions needed to provide
care.
Method:
The CRVPedED Telehealth Network was developed
to provide clinical support and education to rural emergency
providers in the care of the acutely ill or injured pediatric patient.
The network is utilized to increase knowledge and confidence
in pediatric specific care. Education is offered via the telehealth
network with structured, scheduled presentations and by
attending originating site staff meetings virtually. Pre and post
tests and confidence surveys are administered to evaluate
knowledge acquisition and change in provider confidence level
in caring for pediatric patients. Additionally, via the telehealth
network, synchronous clinical support is offered on a case-by-
case basis with peer discussion and patient examination, and
family interaction ongoing co-management of patients is also
offered.
Results:
Thus far, we have conducted greater than 60 education
interactions over the network. The improvement in confidence of
healthcare providers is demonstrated by the comparison of pre-
and post survey following education opportunity. With increased
confidence and support 33 clinical consults have been completed
avoiding 27 patient transfers. This resulted in 9000 patient miles
and $1.1 M health care dollars saved.
Conclusion:
TheCRVPedEDTelehealthNetworkhasdemonstrated
health care cost savings and increased confidence of providers’
knowledge and skills.
SDaykin@salud.unm.eduSara Daykin
University of New Mexico, USA