Anxiety: Partnering with Nursing Colleagues to Improve Assessment and Physical and Emotional Outcomes

Only available as part of a package

Evidence has shown that pediatric patients may experience high levels of anxiety throughout a hospitalization which can impact pain scores, medication needs, length of stay and for some, increase medical taruma which has long term implications. In this presentation, attendees will learn about the process of conducting a quality improvement process with the interdiscplinary team and gain insight into best practices for assessing anxiety at the bedside. Presenters will share research, resources, and tools for assessment and treatment of anxiety.

Objectives:

Participants will learn and apply quality improvements techniques in the pediatric medical setting and gain insight into the different roles of quality improvement work and clinical research.

Participants will be able to utilize the quality improvement roadmap and be empowered to utilize quality improvement techniques to improve clinical care in their own practice.

Identify both the short and long term implications of anxiety and ways to collaborate within the interdisciplinary team on effective interventions.

1 PDU, Assessment Domain

Dana Kim

MA, MT-BC, NICU MT, CIMI

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

Dana Kim has been a music therapist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for 6 years and uses her advanced trainings in guided imagery and music, neonatal intensive care music therapy, and therapeutic songwriting to provide care for patients across all the inpatient units. Dana completed the hospital’s Quality Academy in 2019 and continues to lead a team of interdisciplinary colleagues in an improvement project focused on reducing patients’ anxiety in the hospital. Currently, Dana is also collaborating with child life colleagues to complete a research project focused on enhancing infant attachment/bonding and caregiver empowerment in the hospital.

Dee Baddley

Certified Child Life Specialist

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

Dee Baddley is a Certified Child Life Specialist II at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in the outpatient Orthopaedic clinic. Dee has been employed there for 4 years and has used her Bachelor’s degree in Family Relations and Master’s Degree in Child Life to provide patient and family centered care in the hospital setting, to facilitate research projects within the department, to educate students in the community, and to partner in committee work with team members. Dee is currently leading her own research study pertaining to pain management in infants undergoing care for clubfoot in the outpatient Orthopaedic clinic setting, as well as, continuing to collect data during the implementation of an anxiety assessment tool.