Which outcome indicates a successful transition from hospital to home for the family of a 2-year-old child with a tracheostomy due to bronchopulmonary dysplasia?
1. The parents demonstrate proper technique of suctioning tracheostomy in the hospital.
2. The child demonstrates self-care skills prior to discharge.
3. The family provides appropriate home care for the child while maintaining family routines.
4. The parents demonstrate how to take the child's vital signs at home.
3
Rationale:
1. Suctioning the child's tracheostomy is a skill required of the parents before discharge, but performance of skills does not indicate that the parents will successfully navigate the transition to home care.
2. The child is too young to do self-care.
3. Maintaining family routines while successfully caring for the ill child is the only answer that addresses the hospital-to-home transition.
4. Taking the child's vital signs is a skill required of the parents before discharge, but performance of skills does not indicate that the parents will successfully navigate the transition to home care.
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