INTRODUCTION

You’re a team of three nurses working on a pediatric respiratory floor. You are assigned to Maria G., a 10 month old newly diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Your team is to prepare and educate Ms. G on caring for her child and the potential health problems associated with Cystic Fibrosis.

As your team visits with Ms. G, she expresses concern on how she will be able to provide all the care Maria needs and work, for she is a single parent. She is distraught by all the equipment and medical terms. How will your team get Maria and her mother ready for discharge?

What will your team do…What evidence will you find…to educate and support Ms. G in caring for her chronically ill daughter?

Ms. G is depending on your team and your scientific knowledge to educate her on cystic fibrosis so she can provide her daughter with the care she requires.