Clinical trial · Observational
Peds SM-THINk: Nursing Interventions to Improve Discharge Outcomes
Peds SM-THINk (Self-Management Transition to Home INtervention): Nursing Interventions to Improve Discharge Outcomes
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study focuses on the delivery of discharge education by clinical nurses to improve parent and family self-management in the home environment. This study tests an discharge method (SM-THINk protocol) designed to improve the quality of care for hospitalized pediatric patients at the time of discharge, enhance the child's and family's experience, and decrease length of stay and health care utilization (ED visit or re-admission). The SM-THINk protocol is an enhancement to the standard clinical practice and will be implemented for all subjects on two Children's Hospital of Wisconsin (CHW) nursing units. This enhancement will require additional training of the nurses prior to implementation of the research project. This research determines the effectiveness of the training enhanced discharge method. The training is independent from the research project and will evaluate effectiveness of this training. For the enhanced discharge method, clinical nurses on the study units will be trained to deliver the Self-Management Transition to Home (SM-THINk protocol), which is based on the family self-management discharge preparation previously developed and tested by the study team.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatric ALL | Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| SM-THINk | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- SM-THINk Unit
- description
- Two of the three inpatient floors will use the SM-THINk enhanced discharge method. This is part of a clinical practice change and not for research. Parents will complete a questionnaire at the time of the patient's discharge from the hospital.
- interventionNames
- Other: SM-THINk
- label
- Control Unit
- description
- One of the three inpatient floors will use the usual discharge method. Parents will also complete a questionnaire at the time of the patient's discharge from the hospital.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Improved parent experience
- timeFrame
- 30 days
- description
- Parents of children with and without complex or chronic health conditions who received enhanced discharge preparation by the clinical nurse using the SM-THINk protocol would report increased parent experience (quality of discharge teaching delivered and care coordination).
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Maximum age
- 100 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
A parent/caregiver will be eligible for participation upon meeting the following: Inclusion Criteria: 1. the parent's/caregiver's child is inpatient on the selected study units 2. the parent/caregiver is English speaking (to date the tools being used have been validated for English participants only) 3. the parent/caregiver is 18 years of age or older 4. the patient is 17 years of age or younger Exclusion Criteria: 1. presence of significant communication or cognitive impairment on the part of the parent/caregiver that would preclude completion of questionnaires based on self-report. 2. the patient is a ward of the state or in foster care
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