Recap – Patient Engagement Tools

Take a look back at our Patient Engagement Tool posts.

 

The Care Partnership Pyramid

It is often difficult for parents and loved ones to know what to do in caring for their child during hospital stays, and it can often be a difficult topic to discuss. Christine Martinenza, RN, has implemented this month’s Patient Engagement Tool, The Care Partnership Pyramid, at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, which aims to help foster conversation and understanding in how to best allow for parents and medical staff to work as a team.

 

Transition Top 10 to Remember

As the seasons change, new milestones come and go.  This can be an especially trying time in the life of an adolescent with congenital heart disease, especially as they are undergoing the major transition of leaving the nest and going off to college, joining the workforce, or just moving far from home.  Dr. Aaron Kay, Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at Indiana University Health, has the following Top Ten list to help ease the transition.

 

 

Comprehensive Single Ventricle Road Map

When a family learns their child will be born with a Single Ventricle CHD, they are thrust into a world of uncertainty. It is sure to be a daunting and overwhelming experience. The plan for care of these patients has not typically been clear. As outcomes have improved, providers have been able to imrove their plans of action. In CCHD’s first Patient Engagement Tools Series post, Michelle Steltzer, Nurse Practitioner from Lurie Children’s Chicago, shares their Single Ventricle Roadmap.