Other Specified Complications of Labor and Delivery
Conditions
Keywords
Vaginal Delivery, Debrief, Medical Team Communication, Obstetrical Safety
Brief summary
This study is to determine if using a standardized debrief checklist after vaginal delivery improves communication between the vaginal delivery health care team members and if using the checklist increases a sense of enhanced communication between team members.
Detailed description
This is a study for providers who are a part of the health care team involved with vaginal delivery of newborns. A checklist has been developed that may improve communication between team members following birth. The goal of this study is to evaluate whether the checklist improves or enhances team member communication.
Interventions
OTHERVaginal Delivery Debrief Checklist
Participating team members will utilize Vaginal Delivery Debrief checklist
Sponsors
Providence Health & Services
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) in the Women's and Children's Services Department who attend vaginal deliveries as well as providers who attend vaginal deliveries at Providence St Peter Hospital Family Birth Center in Olympia Washington (WA).
Exclusion criteria
* None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Determine if there is a change in satisfaction with team communication following the use of a structured debrief checklist after vaginal deliveries. | Within 6 months of data collection | An electronic opinion survey will be administered to participants both pre and post checklist utilization. The survey was derived from communication literature on medical teams such as the collaboration items and 3 subscales from the labour and delivery version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) TeamSTEPPS training program for high functioning medical teams. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Determine if the use of a vaginal delivery debrief checklist will reduce documentation of conflicting data in the electronic medical record. | Within 6 months of data collection | Utilizing the pre-validated Vaginal Delivery Debrief Medical Record Audit Tool, records will be examined pre and post use of the Vaginal Delivery Debrief Checklist. Assessment will be made to determine if there are fewer conflicting data points in the electronic medical record (EMR) for key elements following use of the Vaginal Delivery Debrief Checklist. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed