Factors Associated With Parent-Perceived Miscommunication in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Parent-perceived miscommunication in the PICU is significantly associated with increased parental stress and decreased trust in healthcare professionals. This article examines children's clinical and parents' demographic and psychosocial factors associated with perceptions of miscommunication in the pediatric intensive care unit and ways clinicians might help parents navigate what they often perceive as a chaotic and untimely situation for their child in an environment with high levels of stress.

Objectives

Identify how the variables of parental stress, trust in the healthcare team, and miscommunication are measured.
Describe a way in which findings from this study impact families and clinicians in the PICU.
Synthesize the discussion and identify one way to decrease parent perceived miscommunication.

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Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

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