Vaginal Delivery Debrief Checklist to Improve Team Communication (VDD)

Providence Health & Services

Status: Completed

Conditions: Other Specified Complications of Labor and Delivery

Treatments: Other: Vaginal Delivery Debrief Checklist

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01822158

PHS PSPH N 002

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 1 patient group

vaginal delivery debrief checklist

Other group

Description:

Utilization of a Vaginal Delivery Debrief Checklist after vaginal deliveries for a period of three months, by team members who have consented to be a part of this study and who are present at vaginal deliveries. The Vaginal Delivery Debrief checklist consists of 2 levels. The first level includes a list of 6 key elements, such as APGAR scores,estimated blood loss, perineal repair, etc. The second level,or extended debrief, occurs whenever unanticipated outcomes, such as low APGAR scores, postpartum hemorrhage or a difficult delivery occurs. Team members complete the checklist after each delivery they attend.

Treatment:

Other: Vaginal Delivery Debrief Checklist