MORE Learning Assessment Task 4

1. Research plan Oral Presentation Helen Bickers 9909406 Methods of Research and Enquiry

2. Research question “What is an effective and efficient paediatric pain assessment tool that can be used in the pre-hospital environment?” http://www.111emergency.co.nz/StJohnMerc.jpg

3. WHY? Pre-hospital patient care is my passion Ensuring all patients leave my care in the best condition possible is my benchmark for personal performance I recognised a gap in the care we give to the paediatric section of our population and wanted to identify WHY this happens http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pediatricsafety.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/little-girl-and-nurse-in-ambulance.final.JPG

5. Wanted to move towards confirming these barriers and identifying a possible tool to improve patient assessment and therefore patient managementwww.directionservice.org/cadre/images/Image29.gif

7. Ability to structure the questions to seek the desired information

8. Written responses more accurate to record and study

9. User friendly tool for participants http://securesurgerywebsite.co.uk/userfiles/image/questionnaire.jpg

10. ANALYSIS Initially responses will be coded on the questionnaire then transferred to an Excel spreadsheet Data will be applied to a frequency polygon chart to allow trends to be highlighted in a visual way www.radicalacademy.com/statistics3.htm

11. ANALYSIS Highlight specific barriers to effective paediatric pain assessment Analysis of these issues may in turn help identify correctable issues Is there a preferred paediatric pain assessment tool highlighted? Did the “at the coal face” practitioners identify with one particular tool? www1.us.elsevierhealth.com

12. Implications for practice Identification of barriers to paediatric patient assessment Identification of an efficient and effective pain assessment tool Integration of these findings into the training of all pre-hospital care practitioners http://brgov.com/dept/ems/Images/Training.JPG

13. Bottom line... Identifying the barriers and finding a tool to facilitate the assessment of pain correctly allows the appropriate management to be undertaken We need to ensure that our paediatric patients receive the best possible assessment and management when in our care http://www.emtcatalog.com/images/50504.jpg