Vaginal Delivery Debrief Checklist to Improve Team Communication

Providence Health & Services44 enrolled

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Other Specified Complications of Labor and Delivery

Interventions

Vaginal Delivery Debrief ChecklistOTHER

Participating team members will utilize Vaginal Delivery Debrief checklist

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Providence St Peter Hospital 413 Lilly RD NE

Olympia, Washington, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Determine if there is a change in satisfaction with team communication following the use of a structured debrief checklist after vaginal deliveries.

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.

Time frame: Within 6 months of data collection

Secondary Outcomes

Determine if the use of a vaginal delivery debrief checklist will reduce documentation of conflicting data in the electronic medical record.

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.

Time frame: Within 6 months of data collection

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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